Peningkatan Karakter Demokratis melalui Traditional Enggo Group Play Therapy pada Anak Usia Taman Kanak-kanak

Abstract

Democratic character needs to be cultivated from an early age because it is the initial foundation for his personality in the future. The purpose of this research is to explain the steps of Traditional Enggo Group Play Therapy and to describe the results of improving the democratic character of kindergarten age children through Traditional Enggo Group Play Therapy. The research method uses participatory action research. The results showed that there was an increase in the democratic character of children, both from the scores of observations and questionnaires, as well as documentation analysis, field notes, and interviews. From the observation data, the pre-action score was two, while the score at the sixth meeting in the second cycle was seven. From the questionnaire data, there was an increase in the number of children who had a democratic character, starting from 33% of the fifteen children in pre-action, to 93% in cycle II. This means that Traditional Enggo Group Play Therapy can improve the democratic character of Kindergarten age children.