The Comparison on 21st Century Skills of Early Childhood in Four Schools in Yogyakarta

Abstract

This study aims to determine differences in 21st century abilities, including critical thinking, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills, in 4 schools in the Yogyakarta region. This research is a comparative survey with a research sample of 60 students. The data collecting techniques used in interviews with questionnaires consist of 4 21st century abilities: critical thinking skills, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills. The results showed differences in 21st-century abilities between schools AR with RA, AR with TY, RA with TY, RA with RB, and TY with RB. This is proved by the t-test, where the sig.t value <0.05 is obtained in a row on the creative thinking ability of 0.001; 0.049; 0.00; 0.001; 0.024. Ability to think creatively in succession 0.003; 0.009; 0.000; 0.009; 0.005. 0.000 successive communication skills; 0.011; 0.000; 0.000; 0.003. Collaboration ability 0.002 consecutively; 0.001; 0.000; 0.003; 0.000. Then there is no difference between AR and RB schools. The value of sig evidence this. t > 0.05 in a row on critical thinking skills, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills 0.781; 0.702; 0.540; 0.624. The difference in ability is influenced by the learning method used.

Teachers’ Perspectives on the Development of 21st Century Skills in Early Childhood Development

“…Asian countries have also not been spared by the wave. China (Wang, Lavonen & Tirri, 2018;Parker, Xu & Chi, 2022), Indonesia (Munastiwi, 2021), Kuwait (Fayiz, Palaiologou & Folorunsho, 2016) and Saudi Arabia (Alghamdi and Al-Al-Ghamdi, 2021) have both focused on development of 21 st Century skills at kindergartens through provision of the appropriate conditions for the development of the child. This development entails physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social growth in line with the needs and abilities of the child.…”