Counselling for Security, Creativity and Learning in Early Childhood Education

Abstract

The paper examines counselling for security, creativity and learning in early childhood education. Primary data was collected through validated instrument of questionnaire administration. Stratified random sampling was used for sample selection to elicit information from 285 respondents who were counsellors from six Local Governments Areas in Akwa Ibom State. Logistic regression was used for data analysis. The result revealed that counselling for security had a significant effect on learning in early childhood education. Also, creativity has a significant effect on learning in early childhood education. The paper suggests that counsellors should integrate developmental and preventive strategies that are comprehensive in counselling children to act in a proactive and goal oriented manner.

Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Counselling

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-11-13

Publication date: April 30^th 2019