Movie in Guidance and Counseling Service: Could it help students to Improve their Problem-Solving Skill?

Abstract

Students’ inability to solve their problems hampers their personal development and growth. The present study utilizes movie that provides a positive stimulus for students to develop self-confidence and autonomy in solving their daily life problems related to personal, social, academic, and career. The use of movie in group guidance aims to improve the students’ problem-solving skill. This experimental study employed one group pretest-posttest design. The participants were ten junior high school students with low level of problem-solving skill. They were selected using purposive sampling technique. Problem-solving skill scale was employed as the instrument of the study. The data were analyzed using Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test. This study found that movie is effective to improve student’s problem-solving skill. Based on the finding of the study, the counselors and future studies are suggested to consider effective media to help students to improve their problem-solving skill