Entrepreneurship skills on visible creative thinking skills framework: A problem-solving idea in biology learning process

Abstract

21st-century requires citizens in the world to adapt with all changes in the economic system that occurs. Therefore, entrepreneurship skills become an important thing that hopes to be developed in education to grow creative industries that can increase the number of jobs. This paper outlines student’s entrepreneurship skills in biology classroom employing visible creative thinking skills as a learning framework that can give an overview to students about the role of the field of Biology to advance the nation’s economy. Visible creative thinking skills itself has the meaning of clarifying or showing the stages of student thinking in solving a problem creatively. The visible creative thinking skills is done using creative thinking diagrams to generate entrepreneurial ideas that apply the concept of Biology in solving a problem. Students entrepreneurship skills were measured by technical skills in adaptability, listening skills, work organizing skills, and personal skills in inner-control, self-discipline, risk-taking. To identify those indicators, this paper administrated one group pre-posttest design and mixed-method approach using questionnaires, reflective essays, and interviews. The study was conducted at SMAN 9 Malang and the participants consisted of 33 tenth grade students, specifically 15 men and 18 women. Interestingly, students showed not different results for entrepreneurship skills after visible creative thinking skills framework applied in explaining that ethnography, family background, and individual factors have a big impact. So, the next learning must be analyzed individual culture and habit in the school environment which can influence the learning process.