Developing 21st Century Skills of the Pre-service Science Teachers in Southeast Asia through the STEAM Project
Pramita Cucu Mawarni (a*), Yuli Rahmawati (b), Fauzan Khairi Che Harun (c), Tula Jutarosaga (d), Laeli Dina Rizqiya (e)

(a) SMK PGRI 8 Jakarta
Jl. CipinangMuara 1, Pondok Bambu, Jakarta, Indonesia
*mita.mawarni[at]gmail.com

(b) Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Jl. Rawamangun Muka, Rawamangun 13220, Jakarta, Indonesia

(c) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

(d) King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi
126 Pracha Uthit Rd, Khwaeng Bang Mot, Khe tThung Khru,Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10140, Thailand

(e) SMA Islam AL-Azhar 8 Summarecon Bekasi
Jl. Boulevard Utara Raya, Bekasi, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Abstract

The research portrays the development of 21st century skills of science pre-service teachers from three universities from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia through the STEAM project. In the globalization world, the society facing complex scientific, technological, health and environmental challenges, therefore education should contribute to preparing the science pre-service teachers with the 21st century skills which they need to compete. The research employed qualitative research methods with multiple data instruments of interviews by referring to 21st Century skills instrument (Ravitz, 2014), observations, reflective journals. The program involved 46 students from three universities with 23 science pre-service teachers. The data were analyzed based on the pattern theme found from the data source. The study had done into three phases. The science pre-service teachers engaged in the three phases of design thinking (in Malaysia), prototype implementation (in Thailand), and business model development (in Indonesia) undertaking both online and offline activities. The project involved the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) in solving the problem on University Cafeteria. The results of study showed that the students continuously developed 21st century skills within multicultural elements from three countries. The 21st century skills of collaboration, empathy communication, cultural differences skills, critical and creative thinking, and the hard skills of using technology have been developed during the project. The multicultural environment encouraged the students to deal with cultural differences and develop their global competencies.

Keywords: pre-service science teachers, STEAM, multicultural, 21st century skills

Topic: Integrated Science Education