Counselling ethics has been predominantly shaped by Western philosophical traditions, yet its application in culturally diverse settings requires ethical grounding that resonates with local moral understandings. Rather than assuming limitations in international codes, this study examines how a contextualised ethical perspective may complement existing frameworks by exploring the teachings of Abah Anom, a widely respected Sufi guide whose ethical reflections remain influential within Indonesian Muslim communities. His teachings are analysed not as theological prescriptions but as culturally situated ethical resources that illuminate intention, emotional discipline, relational presence, and moral orientation in counselling practice. The study employs a Gadamerian hermeneutic approach, drawing on textual sources, including Miftahus Shudur, sermon transcripts, and institutional documents, and purposively selected informants comprising senior disciples, a Sufi scholar, and counsellors familiar with his teachings. The analytic process followed an iterative part-whole movement, dialogical interpretation, and socio-religious contextualisation to construct meaning across texts, participant experiences, and contemporary counselling concerns. The analysis identifies four ethical dispositions: sincerity, patience, empathy, and service, as dynamic modes of ethical self-formation rather than fixed moral virtues. These dispositions guide counsellors in aligning intention with client welfare, regulating affective responses, deepening relational understanding, and maintaining an orientation of service towards others. A key interpretative insight that emerged is the view of ethical practice as an ongoing cultivation of inner states, offering an alternative perspective to procedural or rule-based approaches commonly emphasised in professional codes. The study contributes by showing how a local Sufi moral framework can enter into constructive dialogue with global counselling ethics and enrich culturally responsive practice without proposing doctrinal authority or universal applicability. Future research may focus on how these ethical dispositions are enacted in real counselling interactions or undertake comparative hermeneutic studies across other Indonesian spiritual traditions.

Recent research in Islamic counselling and psychology has explored spiritual strategies for family conflicts, but the experiential meaning of Sufi-based practices within counselling remains underexplored. Most existing studies describe Sufi ideas theoretically but rarely examine how counsellors and families experience these principles in tension, reconciliation, and relational adjustments. This study fills that gap by examining how specific Sufi values are embodied, interpreted, and applied in Islamic family counselling sessions. Using a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach inspired by van Manen, the research involved five Muslim counsellors and eight families, selected through purposive sampling from a community counselling network. Data collection included detailed interviews and ethically approved observations of counselling sessions during non-private moments. Analyses combined meaning-unit condensation with reflexive thematic analysis. Three experiential themes emerged: (1) inner readiness as an ethical foundation, where both counsellors and parents describe quieting the heart as essential for dialogue; (2) embodied spiritual regulation, with practices like dhikr helping to recalibrate emotional intensity and foster empathetic listening; and (3) relational deliberation, where Qur’an-guided reflection promotes more collaborative and less adversarial decision-making. These results offer a contextual understanding of how Sufi-inspired spirituality influences conflict resolution in Indonesian Muslim families. Further studies should explore these patterns in various settings and larger samples.

This study offers a systematic bibliometric analysis of global conflict resolution research published between 2000 and 2025. Its aim is to identify publication trends, leading countries and institutions, influential authors, productive journals, and thematic developments within the field, serving as guidance for studies in guidance and counselling. Using the PRISMA protocol, data were solely retrieved from the Scopus database, limited to peer-reviewed English-language journal articles. The final dataset was analysed using VOSviewer to map co-authorship networks, institutional collaborations, citation patterns, and keyword co-occurrence. The results reveal a steady increase in the number of conflict resolution publications, with the most significant growth occurring from 2020 to 2025. The United States emerged as the most prolific contributor, followed by Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, and Spain. Leading institutions such as the University of California, Utrecht University, Southwest University, Tel Aviv University, and Beijing Normal University demonstrate strong collaborative activity. Thematic mapping indicates a sustained research focus on interpersonal conflict, emotion regulation, communication, and peace education. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and evolution of conflict resolution research and highlights opportunities for future investigation, particularly in education and counselling.

Bullying in schools continues to affect victims in various ways. One significant impact is the decline in their academic performance and achievement motivation. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of motivational interviewing techniques in enhancing achievement motivation among victims of bullying. It employed a true experimental design with a pre-test and post-test control group. Data were gathered using an achievement motivation scale developed specifically for victims of bullying. Participants were selected based on their responses, specifically those with low achievement motivation. Since the data were not normally distributed, the Mann-Whitney test was used for analysis. An N-gain test assessed the technique's effectiveness. Results from the Mann-Whitney test showed a significant difference (p = 0.009) in score distributions between the experimental and control groups after intervention. The experimental group, which received motivational interviewing, achieved an average N-gain score of 58.05%, indicating it was quite effective compared to the control group that received routine counselling. In summary, motivational interviewing techniques have demonstrated considerable effectiveness in increasing achievement motivation among victims of bullying.

Guidance and counselling services are vital in helping students manage their emotions, including those shaped by religious values. This descriptive study aims to demonstrate the effect of guidance and counselling rooted in religious values on students' emotional regulation. Data collection methods included interviews, documentation, and descriptive assessment scales on emotional regulation. The participants were selected through purposive non-random sampling, comprising 16 students who had received guidance and counselling on religious values and emotional regulation, as well as 2 counsellors providing these services. The analysis employed specific techniques. The counsellors' services involved guidance and counselling incorporating religious values such as patience, self-reflection, sincerity, striving for improvement, and faith in what Allah provides. These services contributed to improved emotional regulation by helping students identify causes of negative emotions, change thought patterns, and select activities that produce positive emotions. The religious values integrated into the guidance and counselling included classical guidance, group guidance, individual counselling, and group therapy. Students demonstrated increased capacity to regulate their emotions, especially when confronting changing situations that evoke emotions, with the least effective strategy being to divert attention from triggers of negative emotions. Based on these findings and the noted limitations, further research with a larger, more diverse population is essential. It is also important to explore how counselling services grounded in religious values can further enhance emotional regulation across diverse contexts.

This study presents baseline data on the levels of creative competence, cultural literacy, and career readiness among students in the Guidance and Counseling Study Program, informing the design of a learning model that integrates Digital Art and local wisdom. Using a descriptive quantitative design, the study involved 290 students across semesters, genders, and ethnic backgrounds. Data were collected via a validated questionnaire comprising three operationalised competency constructs and analysed using descriptive statistics. Results show that cultural literacy had the highest mean percentage (35.5%), followed by career readiness (33.2%) and creative competence (31.3%), indicating relatively strong cultural understanding. In contrast, creativity and career readiness remain at moderate levels. Descriptive patterns across semesters suggest higher scores in early semesters, with career readiness rising among final-year students. Gender-based differences were minimal, and ethnic-group variations must be interpreted cautiously, given unequal sample sizes. Overall, the findings provide an empirical profile of students’ initial competencies and serve as foundational evidence for developing learning innovations that incorporate digital art and local cultural values.

Ki Hajar Dewantara is recognised as the Father of National Education and a National Hero of Indonesia. He established the Taman Siswa educational movement rooted in the principles of the Indonesian nation, aiming to enhance the dignity of the state and its people for the benefit of humanity globally. This qualitative research utilised a hermeneutic methodology to interpret Javanese literary traditions, particularly collections of Serat (manuscripts) and the aphoristic teachings of Ki Hajar Dewantara, and to express their meanings through systematic analysis. The researchers identified and developed the ideal traits of counsellors within the framework of Ki Hajar Dewantara’s philosophical framework. The findings demonstrate a clear, mutually supportive connection among the ideal qualities of counsellors, counselling communication techniques, and Ki Hajar Dewantara’s educational philosophy.

This study aimed to reveal (1) the difference in students’ motivation to learn music, and (2) the difference in the ability to play music between the students taught with creativity elements in learning music and those taught without them. This study employed a pretest-posttest control group design. The data were analyzed by the descriptive technique and t-test. The research subjects were Year V students of SD Negeri Sinduadi, Mlati, Sleman. The  research results showed the following. (1) In the experimental group, students’ motivation to learn music was higher than that in the control group (tobserved = 4.330; p < 0.05). It was concluded that there was a difference in students’ motivation to learn music between those taught with creativity elements in learning music and those taught with the conventional method. (2) In the experimental group, the ability to play music was better than that in the control group. It was concluded that there was a difference in students’ ability to play music between those taught with creativity elements in learning music and those taught with the conventional method.Keywords: music learning, creativity, motivation

This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of the students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences, the Yogyakarta State University, towards attempts to prevent traffic accidents. This study was a descriptive study on attitudes. The research population consisted of the students from both regular and non-regular programs in all the study programs, namely PJKR, PKO, Ikora, and PGSD study programs. The sample consisted of 340 students out of 2,447 students, selected by using the proportional sampling technique. The data were collected by using the Likert scale in which each item had four options. The data were  analyzed by using the descriptive quantitative technique employing the percentage. The results of the study showed that the students’ attitudes towards attempts to prevent traffic accidents were good enough (79.58%). This indicated that the students had a great concern in the victims of traffic accidents and had a high motivation to be involved in attempts to prevent and deal with traffic accidents.  Keywords: attitudes, traffic accidents   

Sports are believed to be an effective instrument to inculcate positive values for human development. Sports provide learners with space to learn tolerance, cooperation, perseverance, discipline, competitiveness, leadership, etc. However, in reality this is not always the case, which makes experts in sports education have a lot of concern. It is necessary to find a solution if there is something wrong in sports education. It seems necessary to deconstruct and reconstruct sports education at school. This article offers a sports learning model called Sport-ed. There are two theoretical frameworks as the underlying principles, namely the constructivist approach and the experiential learning. From these perspectives, sports learning is expected to organize learners’ experience in the meaningful interpretation of social life. Values such as honesty, tolerance, and moral  should be integrated into the basic structure of learners’ logic.  Keywords: sports, sports education, value construction  

This study aimed to investigate the influence of the BrainGym on the improvement of the numerical skills of Year 3 students of elementary school. The research subjects consisted of 40 Year 3 students out of 43 students of SD Percobaan 2 Depok, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta. Three students were not included in the study because they were absent when the posttest was administered. The instrument to collect the data on students’ numerical skills was an informal assessment instrument in the form of an inventory developed by the teacher. The inventory was a numerical skill test, consisting of 10 items and a checklist to obtain information on the use of the BrainGym. The data analysis showed that there was a significant difference in the means of the numerical skill test before and after the BrainGym treatment (ttest = - 2.772; p = 0.008). The mean after the treatment (Mposttest = 12.67) was higher than that before the treatment  (Mpretest = 11.70). It was concluded that the BrainGym treatment was effective to improve the score of the numerical skills of Year 3 students of elementary school. The evaluation of the BrainGym movements showed that they were easy and fun. The students felt that they were more relaxed and comfortable, and did not have tensions and boredom so that they kept motivated. The classroom atmosphere was more lively and dynamic, and the students felt fresher and managed to think clearly.    Keywords: BrainGym, numerical skills  

The conceptual change model (CCM) provides teachers with an opportunity to think about the best means to make students learn scientific concepts for understanding. The learning process should be based on the objective to facilitate the formation of students’ metacognitive ability so that a learning process for a conceptual change can take place. A conceptual change can take place because basically each individual confronts and evaluates the newly acquired concepts in accordance with intelligibility, plausibility, and  fruitfulness. This article discusses CCM and the possibility of students’ conceptual change to occur as a result of science learning. Theoretically, CCM is supported by two factors, namely 1) the status of a concept, explained in terms of intelligibility, plausibility, and fruitfulness, and 2) the components of conceptual ecology, i.e. how an individual determines the truth of a concept. The two factors have a great influence on what students learn and how they evaluate the truth of an available concept. Besides, a conceptual change, in some cases, occurs when students’ commitments as learning outcomes are in agreement with conceptual ecology that they have possessed or they can understand scientifically. Regardless of the types of concepts that students hold, teachers have an obligation to create a learning process that facilitates the formation of students’ metacognitive ability because this is important for a conceptual change.  Keywords: conceptual change, Conceptual Change Model, conceptual under-standing, science learning     

This article analyzes the main program for Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the government program in 2009 stated in the President Regulation Number 38 Year 2008. The analysis employs the public policy model by Joko Wiyono, which is an applied analysis descriptive in nature, focusing on the content analysis. The targets are to analyze (1) the main determinant factors, (2) policy contents, and (3) expected and unexpected effects of the policy. The results of the analysis show that the determinant factors have not taken into account of the gap in the ECE implementation, concerns about the discontinuity among types of ECE services, and the development of the kindergarten education discourse. The contents of the program have not made ECE a priority, not all types of ECE services have been developed, and the coordinator of ECE programs has not been explicitly appointed. The objectives of the ECE programs have not set targets quantitatively.   Keywords: public policy analysis, Early Childhood Education

Thisstudy aimed to investigate (1) the effectiveness of practicum learning at the Fashion Expertise Program in State Vocational High Schools in Yogyakarta Special Territory, and (2) the effect of teachers’  mastery on practicum learning materials, practicum learning methods, teachers’ understanding of students’ characteristics, and teachers’ competence in evaluation on the  effectiveness of practicum learning.  This study was a correlational ex post facto study. The sample consisted of 202 Year II students of the Fashion Expertise Program in State Vocational High Schools in Yogyakarta Special Territory, selected from a population of 425 students by the proportional random sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using the descriptive technique, partial correlation, and multiple regression at a significance level of 5%.  The results of the descriptive analysis showed that the effectiveness of the practicum learning was in the good category (mean = 7.97 and maximum score = 9.22). The partial correlation analysis showed that there was a positive and significant influence of teachers’ mastery on practicum learning materials, practicum learning methods, teachers’ understanding of students’ characteristics, and teachers’ competence in evaluation on the  effectiveness of practicum learning, with coefficients of, respectively, r1y (2, 3, 4) = 0.326, r2y (1, 3, 4) = 0.187, r3y (1, 2, 4) = 0.182, and r4y (1, 2, 3) = 0.163. The multiple regression analysis showed that the coefficient of  the multiple correlation R was 0.553. The coefficient of determination (R2) was 30.60%, consisting of teachers’ mastery on practicum learning materials (7.20%), practicum learning methods (15.60%), teachers’ understanding of students’ characteristics (5.90%), and teachers’ competence in evaluation (1.90%). Keywords: effectiveness, practicum learning

This study aimed to (1) develop the chained-reward  tutorial technique in the Indonesian language learning, (2) improve competence in writing deductive and inductive paragraphs among Year XI students of IPA1 SMAN 1 Depok, and (3) develop remedial and enrichment programs in the teaching and learning process. This study was a classroom research study consisting of two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The action focused on the empowerment of the students who had attained the mastery level to guide those who had not attained it in a chain, both by teachers and students alternately. The research setting was SMAN 1 Depok. The research subjects were 42 Year XI students in the third semester in the academic year 2008-2009, consisting 16 male students and 26 female students. The criterion for the subject selection was that the students had good academic achievement but poor ability in writing deductive and inductive paragraphs. The data were collected through observations, documents, field notes, tests, and student questionnaire. The  data were analyzed using a qualitative technique, namely the interactive analysis technique developed by Miles and Huberman. The results of the research showed that the chained-reward tutorial method applied in two cycles managed to improve competence in writing deductive and inductive paragraphs and develop remedial and enrichment activities in learning.  Keywords: chained-reward tutorial method, deductive and inductive paragraphs

This article analyzes the existence of Madrasah Mamba’ul Ulum, HIS Kasatryan and HIS Pamardi Putri in the political constellation of the movements in 1920s.These educational institutions were established in  the area of the Kasunanan Palace. Madrasah Mamba’ul Ulum consisted of elementary school, junior high school and senior high school, catering for children of abdi dalem (servants in the palace) and those of lay people. On the other hand, HIS Kasatryan and HIS Pamardi Putri were elementary schools for children  of lower aristocrats. The founders of the institutions gave freedom to the managers to make decisions concerning education (school-based management) in terms of the curriculum, teachers, learning materials, learning strategies,  and evaluation system. Even society members were allowed to take part in the implementation (community-based education). The local contents, the Javanese  culture and Islam were the subjects that guided the students’ ethics and moral so that they developed as individuals who were responsible and just and capable of protecting their fellow people.  Keywords: Madarasah Mamba’ul Ulum, HIS Kasatryan, HIS Pamardi Putri, Javanese culture, Islam

Abstract:  Counseling  for  the  Academically  Gifted  Children.  The  number  of academically gifted children is quite high distributed in all areas. The academically gifted  children  will  be  benefecial  for  themselves  and  other  people,  if  they  can develop optimally. There are many academically gifted children who are succesful in their life; however we can find some who are in difficulty. They need counseling services.    There  are  some  important  issues  in  counseling,  especially  for  the academically  gifted  children,  such  as:  (1)  divergent  thinker,  (2)  excitability,  (3) sensitivity,  (4)  perceptiveness,  (5)  entelechy.  (6)  self-concept,  (7)  counseling with parents,  and  (8)  underachievement.  To  help  them  face  important  issues,  social-personal  counseling,  academic  counseling,  and  career  counseling  are  necessary. These  three  counseling  approaches  can be  conducted  simultaneously,  depending on their needs. The models and strategies of counseling for the academically gifted children  are  therapeutic,  preventive,  and  developmental  models.  The  choice  of models  is  strongely  determined  by  the  need  of  effective  counseling,  in  order  to achieve the optimal result. To establish the effective counseling, it is necessary that counseling services should be conducted by professional counselors.  Keywords: counseling, academically gifted children  

Abstrak: Kepribadian Guru  Sekolah Dasar  dan Motivasi  Belajar  Siswa  untuk Memahami  Konsep  Sains.  Penelitian  ini  ditujukan  untuk  menggali  informasi faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi motivasi belajar anak usia sekolah dasar untuk pemahaman  konsep  sains.  Subjek  penelitian  adalah  26    anak  SD  kelas VI  di  SD RSBI  Banten  dan  guru  yang  membelajarkannya.  Metode  pengumpulan  data dengan  angket  tentang  strategi motivasi belajar  anak  (MSLQ=Motivated  Strategies for  Learning  Questionaires),  observasi  kelas,  dan  wawancara  terstruktur.  Analisis data  dilakukan  untuk mendapatkan  gambaran  tentang  faktor-faktor  yang mem-pengaruhi  motivasi  belajar,  dan  cross-case  analysis  untuk  setiap  anak.  Hasil penelitian  menunjukkan  bahwa  setiap  anak  mempunyai  faktor  motivasi  yang berbeda dalam belajar sains. Kepribadian guru yang unik, seperti kedekatan serta berusaha  untuk memahami  dan menghargai  potensi  anak  didik  dapat mening-katkan motivasi  anak  belajar  sains.  Dapat  disimpulkan  bahwa  di  dalam  proses pembelajaran  sains  untuk  perubahan  konseptual,  seorang  guru  sekolah  dasar harus  memahami  pentingnya  faktor-faktor  yang  mempengaruhi  motivasi  anak untuk belajar, termasuk kepribadian yang dapat diterima, sehingga mereka dapat mengikuti proses pembelajaran dengan lebih bermakna.   Katakunci:  motivasi,  pembelajaran  konseptual,  perubahan  konseptual, pembelajaran sains, kepribadian guru

Abstract:  The History  Teaching  Paradigm  Facing  Future  Challenges.  Teaching history is an interesting topic to be discussed, especially when modern human life becomes more materialistic and pays almost no attention to moral values. History, and especially history teaching, as a part of social sciences becomes dry because it provides no financial benefits in the short run as in the case of other social sciences. However, history and history teaching play an important role in the existence of a nation with regard to moral values. By studying history everybody can understand better about himself or herself, his or her existence, and how  life always changes through experiences. History teaches people to be wise and not to repeat mistakes. Therefore, history teaching plays an important role in the existence of a nation. Keywords: paradigm, history teaching, future challenges

Abstract:  Developing  a  Model  of  a  Science  Practicum  for  Blind  Students Through  the  Constructivist  Approach  and  Its  Application  in  the  Inclusive Education.  This  study  aims  to develop  a model  of  a  science practicum  for blind students  through  the  constructivist  approach  for  both  schools  running  inclusive education  and  those  for  the  handicapped.  The  research  stages  included:  (1) developing  practicum  devices  for  realistic  science,  i.e.  voice  equipment,  (2)  developing  a  practicum  model  using  the  constructivist  approach,  and  (3) developing an evaluation model  for the sclence  learning process and product. The study  employed  a  spiral model  by  Cennamo  and Kalk  (2005:6),  consisting  of  (1) definition, (2) design, (3) demonstration, (4) development, and (5) presentation. The products  include:  (1)  voice  equipment  to  measure  temperature  and  electricity voltage  that  the  students  use  in  the  science  practicum,  (2)  a  realistic  practicum model  that  motivates  and  trains  the  students  to  be  active  and  autonomous  as suggested by the constructivist approach, and (3) the improvement of the students’ discussion activities based on the eveluation model.   Keywords: science practicum model, inclusive education, blind students