Pro-Social Stimulation based on Behavior Problems to Develop Children's Social Skills in Kindergarten

Abstract

The tendency of Indonesian children's social behavior today is bullying behavior, children do not respect their parents, do not have empathy for friends. Stimulation of pro-social behavior is carried out by dominant schools through cooperative learning, role playing, playing with traditional games, using media and through habituation activities. This stimulation cannot be used in integrated learning. The aim of this research is to develop a model of social behavior stimulation in Kindergarten that is valid, practical, and effective; which is expected to help teachers develop their students' social skills well. The development model that will be used in this study is the ADDIE Model, the research stages are analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The results of the analysis confirm that a proper pro-social behavior stimulation model is needed in developing children's social skills. Stimulated social skills include patient behavior, sympathy and empathy, respect for friends, sharing, working in groups and familiar behavior seen in the playing process. The results of the effectiveness test by comparing the control class and the experimental class. The average post-test score was 24.9, which was higher than the control class, which was 23, meaning that the model stimulated social skills. The results of the Mann Whitney U test obtained a value of 0.03 or <0.05 so that there was a significant effect from the treatment. The results of the assessment at the evaluation stage showed that the developed model books and teacher guides proved to be valid, practical and effective for use by Kindergarten teachers.