Biology prospective teachers’ critical thinking disposition and critical thinking skills of IKIP Mataram

Abstract

Preparing prospective teachers as professional teachers is a very basic part of universities based on education and teacher training. In order to support professionalism career, prospective teachers must be equipped with 21st century skills, one of which is critical thinking skills, but to be able to think critically, prospective teachers must also have a critical thinking disposition, because critical thinking disposition is a prerequisite for acquiring critical thinking skills. This research is a survey study aimed at explaining the relationship between thinking dispositions and critical thinking skills. The prospective teachers critical thinking skills data were collected using essay questions, while the critical thinking disposition was collected using a critical thinking disposition questionnaire adopted from the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI). The Sample in this research is taken by simple random sampling, obtained sample or respondent as many as 103 prospective teachers. The data in this study was statistically analyzed using Pearson product-moment (r). Based on the result of an analysis, R-value is 0.209. This r value indicates the low critical thinking disposition of prospective teachers, although there is a relation between the critical thinking disposition itself and the critical thinking skills of the prospective teachers, so that the value of r also indicates to be taught about the critical thinking disposition to the prospective teachers to acquire critical thinking skills as their professional career supporters.