Perkembangan Moral Siswa SMP terhadap Permasalahan Lingkungan Pendulangan Intan melalui Penyelesaian Masalah
Abstract: Someone’s competence
in the moral reasoning has been affected by his/her cognitive development. When
someone’s cognition developes his/her understanding on morality becomes more
sophisticated. Cognitive competence can tested through problem solving.
Environemental isssues of diamond mining at Pumpung Cempaka village can be
adopted to be the moral dilemma issues, so that characteristics of the
student’s moral development can be determined for the sake of problem solving.
This research is aimed at describing (1) moral development stage of junior high
school students toward the environmental issues of diamond mining through
problem solving and (2) caharacteristics of moral development stage of junior
high school students toward the environmental issues of diamond mining through
problem solving. This research uses the qualitative approach and descriptive
method. The result of this research shows that moral development stage of junior
high school students toward the environmental issues of diamond mining through
problem solving are in 2, 3, and 4 stages according to Kohlberg’s theory. The
result of characteristics of the moral development stage of junior high school
students toward the environmental issues of diamond mining through problem
solving, that students of the same stage can have different competence in their
problem solving. Therefore, it can be obtained a finding in the form of
analysis on assumption of junior high school student’s moral toward the
environmental issues through problem solving and indicators of their moral
development stage based on problem solving.
Penulis: Rosyda Fitria
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd160235
