The Development of Teaching Materials Based on Project-Oriented TPACK Approach to Improve the Creative Thinking Skills of Elementary School Teacher Prospective Students

Abstract

<p><span lang="EN-US">This study aimed to produce project-oriented TPACK-based teaching materials (Technology Pedagogical Content Knowledge) that can improve the students’ creative thinking skills of elementary school teacher prospective students. This research used development research method (RnD) which was adapted from Borg & Gall. There were 10 Borg & Gall development procedures which are modified into 8 stages which were adapted to the conditions in the field. The results showed that the project-oriented TPACK-based teaching materials were suitable for use in learning with valid, practical, and effective criteria. The validation results from the average value of the expert validator of teaching materials and learning technology media show that teaching materials are considered valid both in terms of construct and content. Observations on the activity of lecturers and students which increased at each meeting indicated that practical teaching materials were applied in learning, as well as the results of students' creative thinking skills tests showed that teaching materials were effective in increasing the students’ creative thinking skills of prospective teacher. The implication of this research is the use of the right method can affect the achievement of creative thinking skills of students to be able to propose various alternative problem solving. The suggestions for further research are developing project-oriented TPACK-based teaching materials for elementary school students.</span></p>