Student Inspirational Character Development with Group counseling based on Javanese Philosophy

Abstract

Inspiration is an important character for students' self-development, especially for counselors and educators. The phenomenon is students cannot be role models for others. The purpose of this study was to prove whether Group Counseling based on Java philosophy affect Students inspirational character. This study used one group Pre-Experimental pre-and post-test design. 10 subjects from the guidance and counseling department program were taken with quota and purposive sampling technique. Group counseling is administered for eight sessions with a duration of 45 '-60' in a weekly schedule. Using the inspirational character scale, the data were analyzed by descriptive percentage and the Wilcoxon test showed significant results on the development of students' inspirational character (Z =-2.81; p <0.05). The research has implications for the development of students' character and inspiration for further research to examine other ethnic groups.