Authors:
Nunu Heryanto
;
Purnomo Purnomo
and
Viena R. Hasanah
Affiliation:
Department of Society Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229, Bandung and Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Students, Self-Development, Seven Habits.
Abstract:
Students as generation of hope of the nation, young people who have great potential in applying scientific, of course, tend to be motivated by the young age, in the age of transition from juvenile stage to the adult stage. Thus, students are also thick with dynamism and attitudes that objective, systematic and rational. This research done for 6 months (1 semester) to students in the 1st semester in the Department of Society Education in Faculty of Science Education in Indonesia University of Education, the approach of this research is quantitative descriptive. This research aim to reveal behavior or habits that enrich the student’s academic climate with seven habits indicators and efforts that is needed to be done in the context of self-development. The number of respondents is 64 students. The results shows that the lowest score is in “be proactive” indicator with the attitude that shows “commitment and responsibility”, and other indicators of the seven habits is in good category. T
his aspect influenced by the group climate and the role of the leader in the group that was too democratic, so the group was uncontrolled. As a new college student (first semester), they not find yet about the pattern of the good communication in the group, they are still looking for the click (small groups) that separates themselves. Besides that, there are students that still on adaptation process in the groups. Implication from this research is the necessity of knowing college student’s behavior in the first semester, in order to be able to mapping, addressing potential self-college student and self-concept should be built well.
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