Adolescent is a formal operational stage of cognitive
development. The development of an educational program prioritizes four skills
to support success in meeting the challenges of the 21st century. One of the
priority skills of the four skills is critical thinking skill. Critical
thinking skill is a skill which shows the performance of individual cognition
in interpreting, analyzing, and doing self-regulation regarding problems and
information received. Critical thinking skill is closely related to
problem-solving skill and decision-making skill. This study aimed to figure out
the implementation of expressive drawing techniques to adolescents in
sharpening and developing critical thinking skill in solving their life
problems. In addition, this study was conducted to examine the relationship
between problem solving strategies used by adolescents with their critical
thinking patterns related to the problems they have. This research used a
qualitative approach with descriptive data on exploring the implementation and
impact of expressive drawing technique in stimulating adolescents’ thinking
skill as well as the form of adolescents’ critical thinking pattern which is
seen on the mapping pattern drawn after answering questions in interview. The
data of the study were collected through interviews, documentation studies, and
observation. The data collected in the form of documentation study of the image
were analyzed to get the development result of expressive drawing technique
toward adolescent development in critical thinking. Before the data were
analyzed, the data were divided into 2 parts, namely the application in the
early teens and the image data of the late adolescents. Data analysis
techniques used were (1) data collection; (2) data reduction; (3) data
interpretation; (4) perform data triangulation; and (5) drawing conclusions.
The results of this study indicate that: (1) providing critical thinking skills
materials through expressive drawing techniques can develop and stimulate the
ability of adolescents in critical thinking to their problems; (2) the pattern
of adolescent thinking on their problems through expressive drawing techniques
can develop the critical thinking skills of adolescents in determining the
action priority as decision-making to determine strategies and to make choices
in life; (3) the average adolescents are able to think critically better in
determining the priority of complex life problems to be solved systematically
and more structurally when compared to early adolescents.
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 27, 2017 |
Submission Date | October 1, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017Volume: 3 Issue: 9 |
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