scholarly journals Comparative study of 21st Century Skills of Science Teachers and Students of Formal and Non-Formal Educational Institutes

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-241
Author(s):  
Farkhunda Rasheed Choudhary ◽  
Sadaf Zamir Ahmed ◽  
Sohaib Sultan ◽  
Sidra Khushnood

It is very essential for teachers to practice 21st century teaching and learning skills while teaching in order to foster these skills in 21st century learners. The focus of this study was to explore the skills of science teachers regarding 21st century skills. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted to assess the 21st century skills of science teachers. The survey questionnaire was comprised of different subscales regarding 21st century skills namely as critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity. The questionnaire consisted of 5-point Likert scale. The overall results of the study reflected that science students possess more 21st   century skills than their teachers. It was recommended for science teachers of formal educational setup to practice 21st century teaching and learning skills more often as possible to inculcate 21st century skills among the students. It is also recommended that teachers of formal educational setup must enhance critical thinking and increase collaboration with students. This study is significant in the way that it reveals the current scenario of the skills of the teachers that will readily be imparted to the 21st century learners.

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Beni Junedi ◽  
Isnaini Mahuda ◽  
Jaka Wijaya Kusuma

[Bahasa]: Keterampilan abad 21 terdiri dari keterampilan communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, serta creative and inovative. Keterampilan ini perlu di implementasikan guru dalam proses pembelajaran agar kualitas pembelajaran meningkat. Terbatasnya pengetahuan guru terhadap keterampilan pembelajaran abad 21 menjadi kendala pelaksanaan di dalam kelas. Oleh karena itu, perlu upaya pengenalan keterampilan pembelajaran abad 21 ini kepada guru agar dapat diimplementasikan dengan baik di kelas. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilaksanakan di MTs Massaratul Muta’allimin Banten dengan jumlah peserta sebanyak 8 guru. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk mengoptimalkan pemahaman guru terhadap keterampilan pembelajaran abad 21 dan cara mengimplementasi-kannya dalam proses pembelajaran. Pengabdian ini dilakukan dengan cara sosialisasi melalui penyampaian materi kemudian dilakukan evaluasi di akhir kegiatan yang terdiri dari tiga tahapan yaitu tahap awal, inti, dan akhir. Berdasarkan hasil angket di akhir kegiatan diperoleh data bahwa 78,13% guru memahami cara penyampaian materi, 78,13% guru dapat memahami materi dengan baik, 82,29% guru memberikan respon terhadap manfaat kegiatan, dan 81,25% guru dapat mengembangkan proses pembelajaran abad 21 di kelas. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan pengabdian ini dapat mengoptimalkan pemahaman guru di MTs Massaratul Muta’llimin Banten terhadap keterampilan pembelajaran abad 21. Kata Kunci: keterampilan abad 21, communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, creative and inovative [English]: The 21st Century skills consist of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, as well as creative and innovative. This skill needs to be implemented by the teachers in the learning process so that the quality of learning increases. The limitation of teachers’ knowledge of 21st-century learning skills is an obstacle for implementation in the classroom. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce this 21st-century learning skill to the teachers so that it can be implemented well in the classroom. This community service program was carried out at MTs Massaratul Muta'allimin Banten with eight teachers as the participants. It aims to optimize teachers' understanding of 21st-century learning skills and how to implement them in the learning process. This program was held by means of socialization through the delivery of material then an evaluation was administered at the end of the activity in three stages namely the initial, core, and final stages. The results of the questionnaire at the end of the activity show that 78.13% of teachers understand how to deliver the material, 78.13% of teachers can understand the material well, 82.29% of teachers respond to the benefits of the activity, and 81.25% of teachers can develop 21st-century based learning process in the classroom. It can be concluded that this program can optimize teachers’ understanding of 21st-century learning skills. Keywords: 21st century skills; communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, creative and innovative


Author(s):  
Frank G. Giuseffi

The purpose of this chapter was fourfold: 1) to offer an overview of current thinking on the 21st Century skills educational agenda - its intentions and goals for the future, along with the eventual teaching and learning challenges; 2) to present an historical analysis and several working definitions of critical thinking – an educational objective within the 21st Century skills movement; 3) a brief, yet important description of the life of Socrates as a person and as a teacher- with specific emphasis on the use of his method, and 4) the history and influence the Socratic method has had on critical thinking and its hopeful entry into mainstream 21st Century educational discussion.


Author(s):  
Rizka Azizatul Latifah

Mathematics teaching and learning is expected to raise 21st century skills called the 4C’s (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creative and innovative). One of the activities to reach the mentioned skills is doing graph analysis. The characteristics of graph of exponential and logarithmic function is one of topics in which an analysis is needed. To analysis a graph, students need a right media. Geogebra is software that visualizes mathematics object including graphic function. This paper discusses the way how teach characteristics of graphs of exponential and logarithmic function using Geogebra.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Saptin Dwi Setyo Hastuti

Philosophy is one of three aspects of curriculum development. It is used for determining the purposes and the process of teaching and learning. Considering this issue, textbooks must represent the ideas of the curriculum. It has to be developed in harmony with the curriculum’s philosophic foundation. It is to realize the purposes of teaching and learning which are emphasized on students’ critical thinking and character development. This study is aimed to reveal the philosophic foundation of Bahasa Inggris XI and its compatibility with curriculum 2013. This study was inferential content analysis. The object of this study was Bahasa Inggris XI textbook. There were two kinds of unit data, i.e. physical and referential units. The sample of this study were five main chapters and three enrichment chapters. The inferences were conducted by utilizing the linguistic and communication construct analysis. It was conducted after recording and categorizing the data. The inferences were analyzed by applying attributions analysis. There were 11 conclusions made from the analysis. Regarding the results, there were six philosophic foundations in the Bahasa Inggris textbook. They were existentialism, essentialism, perennials, humanism, social reconstruction, and progressivism. There were also six philosophic foundations in curriculum 2013. They were essentialism, perennials, humanism, social reconstruction, progressivism, and idealism. Both Bahasa Inggris textbook and curriculum 2013 focused on developing students’ character and 21st-century skills, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-88
Author(s):  
Vincentas Lamanauskas ◽  
Violeta Slekiene ◽  
Gabriel Gorghiu ◽  
Costin Pribeanu

Mobile technology is now part of the everyday life of teachers and students and thus tends to become an inseparable part of the educational activities. Teachers and students are increasingly using mobile technologies in teaching and learning. Therefore, it is purposeful to responsibly integrate technologies into the educational process. However, technical and pedagogical support is necessary in order to facilitate both teacher and students’ understanding of this educational potential. Besides, it is still very little known and there is very little evidence about the effectiveness of the application of these technologies in the teaching/learning process. This research aims to explore the perceptions of Romanian and Lithuanian teachers regarding the use of mobile technologies in education. Keywords: motivation to learn, mobile technology, preliminary study, science education, science teachers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1157 ◽  
pp. 042130 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Handayani ◽  
W Sopandi ◽  
E Syaodih ◽  
A Suhandi ◽  
B Maftuh ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Asrizal Asrizal

The 4.0 industrial revolution requires humans to possess 21st century skills. Education should be able to prepare students to have 21st century skills to be successful in their life. In addition, the geographical condition of Indonesia is a disaster-prone region. For this reason, teaching should be able to develop student literacy to face the challenges of the industrial revolution 4.0 and the geographical condition of the Indonesian region. The thematic science teaching is relevant to 21st century skills, essential principles of 21st century learning, and the geographical condition of Indonesia. But the real conditions show that the integration of literacy in science teaching is still lacking and limited. A solution to solve this problem is the assistance program the development of thematic learning material by integrating new literacy and disaster literacy for science teachers in junior high school. The objective of the research is to investigate the results of the assistance program the development of thematic learning material. Participants of program assistance were 30 science teachers who were members of the Science MGMP in East Agam district. The instrument for collecting data consisted of pretest and posttest and questionnaire sheet. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics analysis and wilcoxon signed rank test. Based on the results of data analysis can be stated that: 1). in the assistance program activities for the development of thematic science teaching material can be produced 26 teaching materials in the form of student worksheet by integrating new literacy and disaster literacy, 2). the average value of the practicality of using thematic science worksheet according to students in two junior high schools is 86.41 so that this average value can be classified into very good category, 3). the average value of participant responses to the implementation of the assistance program is 85.65 and this average value can be entered into very good category, and 4). the assistance program for developing learning material by integrating new literacy and disaster literacy is effective to improve knowledge of science teachers about data literacy, technological literacy, human literacy, and disaster literacy.


Author(s):  
Joseph Ezale Cobbinah ◽  
Emmanuel Adjei-Boateng

The acquisition of 21st century skills through teaching and learning has become one of the greatest challenges facing education delivery in recent times. In the light of that, this chapter examines 21st century skills and how students could acquire these skills to become well integrated in the current knowledge and global economy. Further, this chapter examines the need to prepare students to acquire 21st century skills and competencies, so that they become relevant and well equipped for the current job market. Digital literacy and its importance to students are also explored as part of the relevant 21st century skills. This could be done through comprehensive restructuring of many schools' curriculum and modification of the way teachers teach and how students are assessed in educational institutions.


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