Bullying Instability Towards the Students’ Mentality in Indonesia: Is the Peace Education Piloted the Right Solution?

Abstract

This study examined the implementation of peace education to reduce bullying among vocational high school students. This research was conducted at the Vocational High School in Langkat, North Sumatra. The study population consisted of 118 students who had been victims of bullying. Quantitative data were acquired from students using a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using the t-test in SPSS software. The results showed that the data in the study were normally distributed and met normality and homogeneity tests. The results of the hypothesis testing indicate that it affects peace education positively and significantly. This research makes a significant contribution to tackling bullying practices among high school students to create efficient learning conditions and a healthy student mentality.

The role of peace educators in building a culture of peace in the school: Comparisons between Indonesia and Malaysia

“…Peace educators in Indonesia play a greater role in dealing with problems of violence due to the lack of peace among students. Examples of violence handled by peace educators in Indonesia are aggressive behavior [9], [55], aggressiveness [27], [56], bullying [57], and conflict [58]. Peace educators focus more on handling violence because, in Indonesia, there have been some cases of conflict, like in Ambon [59], Aceh [60], and West Papua [61].…”