Development and validation of Indonesian peace of mind scale: The Rasch analysis

Adolescence is a critical phase that can raise a problem, one of which is violence. This condition harms the dynamics of academic activities at school if they do not immediately find a solution. One party that has a central role in character development to suppress student violence is school counselors. This research is a systematic literature review that describes the counselor’s role as an agent of peace whose primary focus is to build a culture of peace in the school environment. The results showed that counselors used two pillars of service to create a culture of peace in schools, namely peace guidance and peace counseling. This paper discusses operational descriptions for each of the posts to build a culture of peace in the school environment. This results should serve as a reference for school counselors in supporting their programs to reduce violence in schools. Besides, this study also recommends conducting further research to create a guidance and counseling program to reduce violence among adolescents in schools.

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

School counselors as agents of peace in the school: a systematic literature review

Saputra,

Rohmadheny,

Suryanto

2024

“…Peacebuilding programs in schools can be prepared by conducting a needs study first. Measuring tools for identifying peace have been developed to support the preliminary study [64]. The condition desired by the international community in the 21 st century is achieving the vision of peace.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Saputra,

Handayani,

Supriyanto

et al. 2024

<span lang="EN-US">A culture of peace is a condition that school members covet. Indonesia and Malaysia are two neighboring countries that support implementing peace education. Even though the two countries are allied and neighbors, each country has uniqueness, including implementing peace education. This study aims to describe the role of peace educators in Indonesian and Malaysian schools. Systematic literature reviews identify the position of peace educators in building a culture of peace in schools. The study uses eight main articles to describe the role of peace educators in Indonesia and Malaysia. The selected articles were analyzed by data extraction. The study results show that peace educators in Indonesia and Malaysia have different characteristics. Peace educators in Indonesia focus more on efforts to suppress student violence. Meanwhile, peace educators in Malaysia focus on building a constructive mindset towards all forms of experiences experienced by students. The study recommends further research to create a unique model of peace education according to the characteristics of students in Indonesia and Malaysia.</span>

“…One party who can create a culture of peace educational environment is a counselor. Moreover, various works of literature state that counselors are agents of peace [39]. The presence of 21stcentury challenges should be properly balanced by prospective counselors' pivotal role and responsibility.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The 21st-century skills scales: many facet Rasch measurements

Kholili,

Dewantoro,

Surur

et al. 2024

This study aims to develop a 21st century skills scale for prospective school counselor. The method used is the research and development. The data were analyzed using content analysis/expert judgment with many-facet Rasch model (MFRM). Three facets were employed: scale, item, and measurement criteria. The initial version of the scale comprises 129 items measuring four aspects: way of thinking, way of working, tools for working, and living in the world. However, 78 items were deemed valid following the expert judgment analysis result. The inter-rater agreement opportunity shows raters’ similarity score of 10,836, implying that experts in this study tend to give similar assessments. This research results in a 21st century skills scale for prospective school counselors with a total of 78 valid items. The purpose of this study was to develop a 21st century skills scale for prospective school counselors that had been fulfilled, the instrument had been tested for validity and reliability based on expert judgment. The current research recommends that further research be carried out to develop a 21st century skills scale instrument for prospective educators in other scientific fields.