Abstract)
The purpose of school social welfare is to prevent and solve students' psychosocial problems in schools, which are caused by dysfunctional interaction among students, homes, schools, and communities. Thus, this study sought practical plan...
Abstract)
The purpose of school social welfare is to prevent and solve students' psychosocial problems in schools, which are caused by dysfunctional interaction among students, homes, schools, and communities. Thus, this study sought practical plans for school social welfare by examining features of living environment of general adolescents from functional viewpoints, and investigating and analysing factors influencing demands for school social welfare by the features of living environment and by types of schools. For the purpose, a total of 412 middle and high school students in Daegu City was examined and analyzed. The results were as the following:
First, family support was the highest in adolescents' living environment, while family cohesion and communication between parents and children were the lowest. In a section of school environment, friend support was the highest followed by learning stress and teacher support. Community environment was the lowest in the three sections.
Second, in terms of adolescents' demands for school social welfare,
demands for counseling about students' character and learning were the
highest, but those for connection between schools and community and those for use of and changes in resources were less than any other section.
Third, vocational high school students and middle school ones highly demanded welfare on 'assessment and solution of school problems', while what academic school students most demanded was 'counselling about students' character and learning' .
Fourth, of family environment, communication and family cohesion had effects on 'connection between schools and community, between schools and homes'. In the section of school environment, what most affected demands for school social welfare was learning stress followed by teacher support. In the section of community environment, only 'counseling about students' character and learning' had significant effects.
Fifth, significant influencing factors were learning stress and friend support as for middle school students; learning stress and teacher support as for academic high school students; and learning stress to vocational high school students. Friend support and community environment affected demands for counseling. Thus, the results revealed that variables of the school environment including learning stress, friend support, and teacher support had significant effects on demands for school social welfare.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop diverse scales to understand middle and high school students' demands in depth, supplement the existing services, and build school social workers' speciality.