Effective Strategies Employed by School Teachers to Promote Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti(1,Mail), Ni Wayan Krismayani(2), Ni Made Wersi Murtini(3)

(1) Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia
(2) Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia
(3) Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia

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Abstract

Developing students’ critical thinking skill is highly important nowadays to provide students’ skills in encountering various challenges in their life. Objectives: This study investigates the strategies employed by teachers during the teaching and learning processes to promote students’ critical skills. Methods: This study used a qualitative research approach conducted in a senior high school consisting of 50 teachers and 5 teachers were selected as the participants of this research. The data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews and the data were analyzed descriptively. Findings: This study found several strategies employed by the teachers in enhancing students’ critical thinking skills. Conclusions: the Findings of this study provide implications to enrich the body of knowledge relevant to the theories concerning effective strategies to develop students’ critical thinking skills.

 

Keywords: strategy, teachers, promote, critical, skill.



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i2.202209


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