Measuring Critical Thinking Skills in Social Studies Education through the Implementation of Culturally Based Project Learning in the Madurese Context
Shinta Oktafiana, Yuliyana Sintiya, Saifi Abdiyah

Universitas Islam Negeri Madura

Abstract

Developing critical thinking skills through Social Studies education is an important means to grow a locally rooted culture. These skills can effectively be built through local cultural values in project-based learning. As a form of ethnopedagogy, Madurese local wisdom is significantly able to construct character and be made meaningful through the learning process. Thus, incorporating Madurese cultural values into Project-Based Learning (PjBL) is very necessary to improve higher-order thinking skills. The study used descriptive quantitative analysis utilizing descriptively statistical analysis to obtain measures of critical thinking skills holistically. The samples were taken from 50 eighth-grade learners at one public junior high school in Pamekasan who engaged in culturally based Project-Based Learning in Madura^s context. The data were collected through self-assessment.

Keywords: Measuring- Critical Thingking Skills- Culturally Based Project Learning

Topic: Ethonopedagogy (Local Wisdom, Socio Culture)