The Role of the Counselors in Preventing the Radicalism

M. Fatchurahman and Bulkani

Department of Elementary School Teacher, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah

Palangkaraya, RTA Milono St. Km. 1,5, Palangka Raya 73111, Indonesia.

Keywords: Counselor; Radicalism

Abstract: In an attempt to prevent the radicalism among teenagers especially the students in the schools, it requires the

roles and all parties, in order to prevent the radicalism. This particular study aimed to determine the role of

counselors in preventing the radicalism in schools. The research was quantitative research with descriptive

analysis approach. The populations of this study were 48 subjects who are counselors or teachers of

Guidance and Counseling in State and Private Senior High School in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan

province. The sample of the study was the entire of the population. Data collection technique was

questionnaires, and the formula percentage was used in data analysis. The research results found that the

counselors have the good role in preventing the radicalism in schools.

1 INTRODUCTION

Adult in the phase of school on Junior and Senior

High School is called as the students. They tent to

assuming that life is a suffering, not pleasure and

willing do on their own free will to run off the life

through the destructive ways, such as self-pain,

avoid the life and family, involving into free

environment, alcohol consume, and drugs (Narcotic,

psychotropic, and others addictive pills). They seem

to confuse and emotional in finding their self-

identity, understanding, selecting and conducting the

values in the middle of society, and strength of their

feeling to free (Fatchurahman, 2017).

As the social and individual, students conduct a

certain behavior based on the behavior they imitated,

moreover to negative behavior. The interaction

pattern of students’ behavior will be accompanied by

the feeling of trying the new things, such radicalism

action which is not equipped by the understanding

on the definition of radicalism and negative effect of

the radicalism itself. Radicalism is an ideology or

concept which has characteristic to treat to all

aspects of life from the perspective of ideology,

politic or social and performing in free will without

considering the rules of law.

The adult who follows the radicalism is in the

serious problem toward the future; they will be left,

avoided and underestimated by their friends, family,

even society. The negative effects of radicalism

(Nafi, 2017) are (1) avoid the religious teaching of

noble and peace, (2) break off the unity among the

society, (3) impact to affliction of innocent people,

(4) plant the culture of impose, but the religion

teaching the love and affection, (5) trap into the

narrow of mind on religion, so they think over in

performing the religious practice, and (6) not

appreciated and underestimated by the people

around him/her.

In an attempt to give and guide the students

through the radicalism, the counselor’s role is

important in order to prevent the radicalism. The

guidance services are provided by the counselors

through the guidance and counseling. The services

are; orientation, information, mediation, classical

guidance, group and individual counseling.

The research aims to determine the role of

counselors in preventing the radicalism in schools

where they work. The research is quantitative

research with descriptive analysis approach. The

populations of this study are 48 subjects who are

counselors or teachers of Guidance and Counseling

in State and Private Senior High School in Palangka

Raya, Central Kalimantan province. The sample of

the study is the entire of the population. Data

collection technique is questionnaires, and the

formula percentage is used in data analysis.

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Fatchurahman, M. and Bulkani, .

The Role of the Counselors in Preventing the Radicalism.

DOI: 10.5220/0009018000002297

In Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (BICESS 2018), pages 150-152

ISBN: 978-989-758-470-1

2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Based on the data analysis, the research results are

explained as follow :

Table I Experimental and Calculated Data

Servic

Indicators

Perce

ntage

Category

Inform

ation

Intolerance

Attitude

Good

Fanaticism

Attitude

Good

Exclusives

Attitude

Good

Revolution

Attitude

Good

Amou

nt/Ave

333/8

3,25

Good

Consul

tation

Intolerance

Attitude

Good

Fanaticism

Attitude

Good

Exclusives

Attitude

Good

Revolution

Attitude

Good

Amou

nt/Ave

326/8

1,50

Good

Individ

ual

Couns

eling

Intolerance

Attitude

Good

Enou

Fanaticism

Attitude

Good

Enou

Exclusives

Attitude

Good

Enou

Revolution

Attitude

Amou

nt/Ave

rage

224/7

6,66

Good

Enough

Table 1 shows the role of counselors in

preventing the radicalism in the schools; (1) the

indicators score of information service are: (a) the

percentage of intolerance attitude is 85% with good

category, (b) the percentage of fanaticism attitude is

83% with good category, (c) the percentage of

exclusives attitude is 84% with good category, and

(d) the percentage of revolution attitude is 81% with

good category. (2) The indicators score of

consultation service are: (a) the percentage of

intolerance attitude is 82% with good category, (b)

the percentage of fanaticism attitude is 80% with

good category, (c) the percentage of exclusives

attitude is 84% with good category, and (d) the

percentage of revolution attitude is 80% with good

category. And, the indicators score of individual

counseling service are: a) the percentage of

intolerance attitude is 79% with good enough

category, (b) the percentage of fanaticism attitude is

77% with good enough category, (c) the percentage

of exclusives attitude is 74% with good enough

category, and (d) the percentage of revolution

attitude is 0%.

The table shows the role of counselors to

preventing the radicalism in the schools; the average

score of information service is 83.25% with the good

category, the average score of consultation service is

81.50% with the good category, and the average

score of individual counseling is 76.66% with good

enough category. In sum, the average score is the

good category.

The results show that the counselors have

conducted the activities to preventing the radicalism

based on the function of guidance and counseling.

The functions are preventing, understanding and

monitoring. Prayitno and Erman (2004), Nurihsan

(2006), Tohirin (2007), and Sudrajad (2008) stated

that: (1) preventing is the function related to the

effort of counselors in anticipating the problems and

preventing, (2) understanding is helping the patient

to have understanding toward their selves and

environment, and (3) monitoring is helping the

patient to have self-care and keep the conducive

situation within their selves. The implementation of

those functions may be manifested into programs

with interesting, re-creative, and facultative

according to students’ interest, so they able to fortify

their selves from the destructive ideology, including

radicalism (Prayitno and Erman, 2004; Nurihsan,

2006; Tohirin, 2007; Suherman, 2008).

The existence of radicalism in the educational

field, especially in the schools become the concern

of many parties due to it may arise the intolerance

action among the students. Survey on radicalism by

Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Perdamaian (LaKIP)

conducted on October 2010 till January 2011 to 100

Junior High Schools (59 Private and 41 State Junior

High Schools) in Jakarta and around, found that

almost of 50% of students prefer to use strictness

way to handle the morality problem and religion

conflict. Moreover, the students also agree to self-

bombings (Khamid, 2016). The research of Nur

Berlian Venus Ali (Saputra, 2017) found the

intolerance action in the school when the students

tent to refuse the chief of OSIS (Students

Organization) with different of religion. Director for

Peace and Generation, Irfan Amalee (Tan, 2011)

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stated, the indoctrination is conducted through many

ways. Then, the increasing of radicalism

understanding in both student’s and teachers become

a must and important to preventing the radicalism

growing.

3 CONCLUSIONS

Based on the data analysis and discussion,

concluded that the role of counselors in preventing

the radicalism in the schools is good. The role of

counselors might be assessed through the services

of: (1) the average score of information service is

83.25% with good category, (2) the average score of

consultation service is 81.50% with good category,

and (3) the average score of individual counseling is

76.66% with good enough category

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