Socio-Cultural Strategy

Socio-Cultural Strategy

Prioritizing Universities’ training and counseling alternatives for newlywed students: a step in line with the law of protection of family and the youth of the population

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Faculty member, Department of Comparative Studies in Higher Education, Institute for Research & Planning in Higher Education, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
One of the activities universities can do in accordance with the law of protection of family and the youth of the population is to train and improve the communication skills of newlywed students. In this research, the three-level decision tree of goals, criteria, and alternatives and the hierarchical analysis technique were used to prioritize the criteria and alternatives for providing communication skills training and counseling to newlywed students. The data was collected by completing 15 questionnaires by professors with experience in the field of counseling and analyzed using Expert Choice statistical software. Based on the results of hierarchical analysis, the effect criterion (change of knowledge and skill) with a relative weight of 0.416 was superior to other criteria. By combining the weights, seven communication skills training and counseling alternatives were prioritized considering five criteria in the following order: (1) holding theoretical and practical short-term courses, (2) holding workshops (one or two days), (3) individual training and counseling, (4) holding meetings and face-to-face lectures with questions and answers, (5) holding webinars, (6) cultural and educational camps, and (7) distributing books and Booklets.
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  • Receive Date 11 October 2022
  • Revise Date 17 November 2022
  • Accept Date 18 November 2022