A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS THE ISLAMIC TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELLING

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1992-07
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AHMED, UMARU YAHAYA
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This investigation titled A Study of the Effectiveness of the Islamic Techniques or Counselling is intended, to achieve a number of purposes. For one thing the study is intended to suggest how the mosque as an institution can function better than it does now, through the provision of organised counselling services. To achieve this aim the commonest problems of the Ummah and the Islamic based techniques were identified. The effectiveness of these techniques were ascertained so that in the end what comes out of the study is a program of action which if practicalised in the mosque will assist in the achievement of the main goals of counselling - behaviour change, promoting growth and enabling the individuals to attain their maximum potentials. The population for the study was the muslim population in Zaria from where the sample was drawn through purposeful means. The data were collected through two instruments namely a questionnaire and an interview. Both instruments proved useful to the investigator, bindings were made which reveals many things, including the finding that command and persuasion are the alternative techniques open to the muslim counsellor. Another finding was that the use of command or persuasion is usually determined by the type of problem being treated. Based on this and other findings a number of vital conclusions were drawn including the conclusion that the problems of the muslim Ummah often reflect the class of people dominant in an area and that interpretation is the most important activity involved in using either command or persuation. Similarly it was concluded that persuasions is more frequently used as a technique than authoritative command. The study therefore recommended a number of measures that could be taken to arrest the situation. It recommends, for instance, that even though confession is not required in Islam, counseling services still need to be formalised. There are also a number of suggestions areas that A made on the need to be further researched into - areas that are very much related to the topic of this investigation. One such suggestion is a replication of this study in the same setting but with a larger sample.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZAR1A JULY, 1992
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A STUDY,, EFFECTIVENESS,, ISLAMIC TECHNIQUES,, COUNSELLING.
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