Promoting students’ critical thinking skills through project-based learning in Indonesian higher education

Amalul  Umam; Zulfha Nurul   Fauziah; Movie Riana Rahmawati; Alan  Jaelani

doi:10.21070/jees.v7i1.1531

(1) * Amalul Umam Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia
Indonesia
(2) Zulfha Nurul Fauziah Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia
Indonesia
(3) Movie Riana Rahmawati Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia
Indonesia
(4) Alan Jaelani Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia
Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21070/jees.v7i1.1531

Abstract

This research is focused on promoting students’ critical thinking skills through project-based learning. Thus, this study aims at (1) examining the idea of critical thinking, (2) discussing ways of improving critical thinking learners and (3) measuring learners' capacity of critical thinking using project-based learning approaches. This method of study is non-empirical by taking a qualitative approach to students' analytical thought and project-based learning perspectives. By incorporating this project-based learning, students can improve innovation and exercise criticism. By doing this study, we encourage other scholars to carry out research by means of project-based methods of learning.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Suspension of judgment is a situation when someone is rationally able to suspend their judgment in taking a conclusion about something. The suspension of judgments on subjects, objects, ideas, or whatever you wish to study is one of the most critical tasks.
Open-mindedness is a virtue of intellectual nature with characteristic goals, including increasing or improving the cognitive interaction with reality. It involves specialized cognitive skills, including those involved in making information comprehensible to themselves and auxiliary habits, thus cognitive skills are truly engaged if necessary.
Critical thinkers will motivate themselves to make solving the problem simpler for themselves.

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Author Biographies

Amalul Umam, Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia

Amalul Umam is an ELT practitioner that has interest in language assessment, teaching methodology and intercultural communication. He currently teaches in Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor as a lecturer in English education department.

Zulfha Nurul Fauziah, Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia

Zulfha Nurul Fauziah is an English Education Student at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia. Her research interest involves Teaching Methodology, Language Assessment, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition.

Movie Riana Rahmawati, Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia

Movi Riana Rahmawanti is a lecturer in English Education Department in Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor. Her research interest and expertises are around Cultural Studies, Literature in English, English Teaching and Technology.

Alan Jaelani, Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor, Indonesia

Alan Jaelani is a lecturer of English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Ibn Khaldun-Bogor, Indonesia. His research interest includes Materials Development, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, and Translation Studies.

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