Cognitive Remediation and the Practice of Guidance Counselling: Case of Guidance Counsellors in Some Government Secondary Schools in the Town of Maroua

Abstract

This research work focuses on cognitive remediation and the practice of guidance counselling among guidance counsellors in some of the general education high schools in the city of Maroua. We started from the observation that guidance counsellors do not conduct their professional practices in a reflective manner. .thus the main question that informed this article is the following: does cognitive remediation influence the practice of counselling in the said high schools of the city of Maroua? to this question we put forward the following general hypothesis: cognitive remediation influences the practice of counselling. The theoretical framework allowed us to mobilize work on cognitive load, self-determination, cognitive flexibility and personal efficiency. .the method used combines the quantitative and the qualitative. The data collection tools, which are the questionnaire and the interview guide, enabled us to collect data respectively from guidance counsellors in high schools and those in the regional delegation. The data analysed using the pro-software SPSS in its version 20.0 led us to obtain the following results which the awareness in its activities, the self-evaluation of its methods and the use of its cognitive flexibility improve the practice of counselling. .on the strength of this, he will invest his best in his daily professional practices and support as many of his clients as possible.

Keywords: cognitive remediation, flexibility, self-determination, cognitive load, counselling orientation.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-13-01

Publication date:May 31^st 2022