Herawati Susilo, Ninik Kristiani, Ahmad Kamal Sudrajat
Twenty-first-century skills development is a basic requirement in the 21st century. The development of 21st-century skills (critical thinking and problem-solving; creativity and innovation; communication; and collaboration) for students is determined by the learning process in the classroom. The learning process in the classroom involves teachers as learners. It needs to be studied further, what are the difficulties and needs of teachers in developing 21st-century skills for students. The purpose of this paper is to describe the difficulties and needs of high school teachers to implement 21st-century teaching and learning. The method of this research is descriptive and literature studies. Data retrieval is done through questionnaires given to high school teachers in Malang. The questionnaire was filled by 49 biology teachers in Malang who taught class 10-12. The questionnaire tried to find out the difficulties and needs of teachers in teaching 21st-century life skills. The results of the questionnaires given showed that the difficulties experienced by teachers in teaching 21st-century skills related to the condition of students, teachers, facilities, and existing policies. Whereas what the teacher needs in teaching 4Cs (creativity, critical thinking skills, collaboration skills, and communication skills) are innovative teaching and learning models/methods and IT Mastery for teaching and learning. © 2020 Author(s).
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Semarang Street 5, Malang, Indonesia; Supervisor of High School Education, Education Office of Malang, Anjasmoro Street 40, Malang, Indonesia
