PERSONAL AUTONOMY VALUES IN INDONESIAN YOUNG ADULT NOVELS: STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR SELF-ACTUALIZATION
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https://doi.org/10.35631/IJEPC.1163056Keywords:
Personal Autonomy, Young Adult Novel, Self-ActualizationAbstract
The aims of education in Indonesia are to achieve self-actualization with an emphasis on eight dimensions of graduate profiles. The research objective is to explore autonomy values—as one of the dimensions of graduate profiles—in young adult novels from students’ perspective and its pedagogical implication for students’ self-actualization. The methodology is qualitative research. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 31 students. The findings: (a) students are inspired by character who is capable of making decisions, perseveres in achieving goals, strength in difficult circumstances, has the courage to resist external control, have big dream; and (b) by plot that depict autonomy through achieving a dream chosen from the beginning, mental preparedness in difficult circumstances, commitment to achieve goals; also (c) personal autonomy has an impact on students’self-development, freedom in choosing life path, and open up possibilities for achieving future dreams, and all of which are consistent with the concept of self-actualization development. The results of this study have pedagogical implications for the Indonesian government as policy makers or school administrators to be recommended as a reference in designing textbooks that contain personal autonomy, as an effort to realize self-actualization.
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