اسم المؤلف:
حسن شعبان حسن
اسم المشرف:
عياد اسماعيل صالح السامرائي
المستخلص:
التفكير المركب للمرشد التربوي ليس (خيارا تربويا) فحسب، وانما هو ضرورة تربوية لاغنى عنها، وهدف لابد من تحقيقه، من اجل ان يستطيع مواكبة التطور، وحدوث النهضة الفكرية والثقافية، ومساعدة الطلبة في التقدم العلمي والثقافي، وسبب اهتمام الباحث بهذا المستوى من | Complex thinking for educational counselor is not an (educational choice) only, but rather it is an indispensible educational necessity and a goal that must be achieved so as to be able to keep abreast of development and intellectual and cultural renaissance, as well as helping students to achieve scientific and cultural progress through the directing them and treating their educational, social and psychological problems and problems of academic underachievement. The reason behind the researcher's interest in this type of thinking is the current situation in the Arab homeland in general and Iraq in particular, where difficulties and sudden changes are storming these countries. They are associated with low living income, continuous wars and changes in the aspects of life. These social circumstances contributed greatly in making violent cracks in the structure and harmony of the family. This resulted in deconstructing the unity of the family which impacted the accumulation of painful experiences that the individual passed by during the phases of his life, which hinders his mental growth that affects his professional life where he finds it difficult to; make right judgments, find solutions for the problems he faces, excel in the use of his capabilities and talents. It also leads to lose social and psychological harmony and accommodation, which reflects its impact on the quality of life. The quality of life is a dynamic concept because values and self - evaluations might change from time to time in response for the changes in the different fields of life. Achieving the quality of life absolutely is something not at hand in the life and nature of humans. The quality of life is something relative. Nowadays, it is, for all countries, a national goal and an aim that is targeted by economic, political, social and educational systems of the world. The quality of life, in Iraq and the Arab Homeland, has been highly affected by wars and terrorist acts which left many martyrs and widowed many women and orphaned many children. Absence of security, stability, reconstruction, health welfare and the widespread of unemployment and pollution in Iraq have negatively impacted the personality of Iraqi people. Out of all this, the problem of the research has come into existence. It can be confined by the following question : what is the relationship between complex thinking and the quality of life in educational counselors?Importance of the research : Thinking is the source of knowledge and knowledge is the source of modifying human behavior. That's what makes human behavior different from that of animals which never changes or develops. As much as human knowledge grows bigger his attitude towards things changes and ways of benefitting from this knowledge change as well. Complex thinking can be considered as individual's most appropriate behavior as he invests it to develop his mental skills. Solving the problems that he faces requires him to acquire the skills of complex thinking that enable him to untie contrast, find harmony and reveal vagueness. The scientific way of thinking leads to solve the problem appropriately. That's why many researches, studies and specialized programs tackled the topic of thinking in all its types : critical thinking, creative thinking and super cognitive thinking. These types of thinking have been the subject of investigation in teachers, students, university professors and official employees in comparison with educational counselors. Nedrom (2003) believes that educational counselors play a vital role in supporting students, helping them to identify clear academic goals, putting educational plans, helping students to mix and cope with the educational environment, finding professional preferences. Goals of the research : This study aims at : 1. Measuring the degree of complex thinking in the research sample.2. Measuring the degree of the quality of life in the research sample.3. Knowing if there are statistically significant differences between complex thinking and quality of life in the research sample. This study is confined to a limited sample of educational counselors from both sexes (males and females) in primary and secondary schools in (Basrah, Di - Qar, Missan and Almuthana) in the academic year 2015 - 2016. The final research sample have been selected randomly, it included (278) male and female counselors from (Basrah, Di - Qar, Missan and Almuthana).In order to achieve the goals of the current study, the researcher has built a scale to measure complex thinking following Grown (1999), where psychometric properties have been identified through finding both sides of validity, i.e. face and content of the scale. The discriminatory power has also been extracted by applying the scale on a sample of (250) male and female counselors for discrimination purposes. The reliability of the scale has been calculated by means of using the test - retest procedure, it was (0.92), while it was (0.84) by using Cronbach's Alpha method for complex thinking scale. The researcher adopted the world health organization's scale of (1998) for quality of life. The data have been statistically analyzed by means of using SPSS Data Analysis Software. The study has arrived at the following results : 1. There are statistically significant differences in both (complex thinking and quality of life) for the sample of the study in comparison with the hypothetical means of these two variables.2. There is a statistically significant relationship in the individuals of the sample of the study in general between (complex thinking and quality of life).In the light of the results of the current study, the researcher recommends the following : *. Paying attention to the programs and activities that actively contribute in developing the degree of complex thinking and quality of their lives. and its in educational counselors.
