Creative skill improvement of the teacher candidates in designing learning programs through a project-based blended learning

Abstract

The students’ 21stcentury skills are also determined by the teachers’ 21stcentury competencies. One of them is the skill in designing learning programs. This applies as well for the teacher candidates. Improving the teacher candidates’ skill in designing learning programs is highly required and be the scope of this study. This study aims to improve the creative thinking skills of the teacher candidates in designing learning programs through a project-based blended learning (PjBL). This study was designed as an action research involving 32 teacher candidate students in a teacher education institution in Central Java, Indonesia as participants. The data collection was performed through an assessment on the process and product design of the learning programs. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively quantitatively and were categorized. An increase in the teacher candidate students’ creative thinking skills was achieved in this study with quite good and very good categories.