Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in Environmental Learning at Indonesian High School

Abstract

This study aims to determine teachers' competence in implementing HOTS in environmental learning in SMA/SMK with environmental care status (adiwiyata). This study will emphasize the teachers' competencies in implementing HOTS in classroom learning. This research uses a combination method. The quantitative method used a questionnaire to collect data on the extent to which teachers have understood and implemented HOTS in learning. The qualitative method was conducted by interviewing to obtain more detailed information about the phenomena behind the quantitative data and the obstacles encountered by teachers in implementing HOTS. The sample in this study was taken with purposive sampling to obtain 120 teachers spread over ten high and vocational high schools in Metro. The study results indicate that some teachers implement HOTS in environmental learning. At the planning, implementation, and evaluation stages of learning, several obstacles related to teacher competence, including the teacher's ability to integrate environmental education into the subjects taught, the ability to manage to learn, and the strategies applied in learning. The government can use the results of this study to map teacher competencies and determine the best strategies to improve the quality of learning in terms of HOTS and Environmental Education.