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The main purpose of this research is to understand the influence of problem posing method on moral development of junior high school students. Problem posing involves direct experience,deals with problems, and meaning dialogue applied to moral reasoning and moral behavior of the students.
In this research, the moral reasoning was measured by using moral reasoning dilemma of Kohlberg which was adapted to school reasoning dilemma. The improvement of moral behavior was measured by the obedience to school regulation. It was aimed to be a norm regulating the conducive of school environment.
The research was conducted in Solo. The sample consisted of 55 junior high school students dealing with some personal problems such as: play hooky, fighting, escape from duty, do not do the homework, noise in the class, do nor respect to the teacher, came late to school, and fun of dirty speaking.
The course module contained of empathy and self esteem which was elaborated in RP Ito IV. RP I and RP II were composed of empathy and self esteem discourse. RP III and RP IV were composed of activities that confront discourse with the real moral interaction.
The t-test of moral reasoning by using problem posing method showed t-test of 4.264 (p < 0.00). The t-test of moral behavior showed value of -5.445 (p < 0.00). The result of the test indicated that problem posing had a positive influenced towards the improvement of moral reasoning and moral behavior.
Key words: Problem posing, moral reasoning, moral behavior
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