Pendidikan Karakter Melalui Layanan Bimbingan dan Konseling pada Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama

Abstract

Education has a goal to educate and form good morals in students. However, more and more we see delinquency committed by students in schools from small to large, there have even been cases of students fighting teachers and committing violence. So why can this happen? As if contrary to the purpose of education. Researchers have a hypothesis that educational institutions currently only prioritize the cognitive side, while the affective side or character education is less concerned. The purpose of this study was to determine the students' characters and character education through counseling and guidance services. While the research method is descriptive-qualitative with the subject of students of SMP Negeri 1 Gegesik class VII B and VIII D. Collecting data using google forms and interviews. The result is that there are several student characters, namely arriving late, cheating on exams, littering, bullying, joining brawls and trying illegal drugs. Character education through counseling guidance services in the form of classical guidance, group guidance, individual counseling, group counseling and is supported by several school programs.