Jurnal EDUCATIO: Jurnal Pendidikan Indonesia
Vol 4, No 2 (2018): Jurnal EDUCATIO: Jurnal Pendidikan Indonesia

Social environment factors and its relationship with the appreciation of the character of polytechnic students

Shaiffuddin Bin Anuar (Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin)
Norni Binti Abd Wahab (Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Dec 2018

Abstract

Social environment can influence students’ moral. This study aimed to see the influence and relevance of such relationships. Social environment in this study includes parents, teachers, peers, artists, environmental institutions, communities and discipline enforcement. This quantitative study carried out against 400 student semester one Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Polytechnic as samples. Consists of students of Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering. Both departments were chosen because they have student majority. The results show that social environment influential significantly against the formation of students ' moral character. The highest influence of social environment is the parent (M= 4.25, SD = 0.57), followed by teachers (M=3.97, SD = 0.61), society (M=3.81, SD = 0.60), the institutional environment (M= 3.76, SD = 0.59), discipline enforcement (M =3.74, SD = 0.73), peers (M=3.63, SD =0.62) and artists (M=2.80, SD=0.93). The findings contribute to the improvement of teaching and learning activities and development of students ' moral character in the institution as a whole.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

j-edu

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Subject

Education

Description

EDUCATIO Journal ISSN: Print 2476-9886 –Online 2477-0302 is the Counseling Journal is a peer-reviewed, counseling journal published by Indonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Theraphy. The aim of this journal is to publish articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest outstanding ...