The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Social Science and Education, ICSSED 2020, August 4-5 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Critical Thinking Skills of Civic Education Teacher Candidates in Digital Age 21 Century

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.4-8-2020.2302540,
        author={Cep Miftah Khoerudin and Sapriya  Sapriya and Asep  Sjamsulbachri},
        title={Critical Thinking Skills of Civic Education Teacher Candidates in Digital Age 21 Century},
        proceedings={The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Social Science and Education, ICSSED 2020, August 4-5 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICSSED},
        year={2020},
        month={11},
        keywords={critical thinking ppkn teacher candidates digital era blended learnig},
        doi={10.4108/eai.4-8-2020.2302540}
    }
    
  • Cep Miftah Khoerudin
    Sapriya Sapriya
    Asep Sjamsulbachri
    Year: 2020
    Critical Thinking Skills of Civic Education Teacher Candidates in Digital Age 21 Century
    ICSSED
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.4-8-2020.2302540
Cep Miftah Khoerudin1,*, Sapriya Sapriya1, Asep Sjamsulbachri1
  • 1: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung. Indonesia
*Contact email: cepmiftahkhoerudin@upi.edu

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the need for critical thinking skills of Civic Education teacher candidatess in the digital era in PPKn department of Pasundan University. Through a qualitative approach with descriptive methods and data collection using observation, interviews and documentation, the results show that the critical thinking skills of Civic Education teacher candidates in the PPKn department of PasundanUniversity are needed to face the challenges of the digital era. Therefore critical thinking skills for teachers candidates must be improved to prepare graduates as teachers who are ready to use in the school environment. This is reinforced by various efforts by the PPKn department of Pasundan University in improving the thinking skills of teacher candidates through curriculum updating, improving the quality of human resources and utilizing technology in learning process with the concept of blended learning.