Review of critical thinking skill in Indonesia: Preparation of the 21st century learner

Abstract

The challenge of educational system in the future is to make educational process which has specific aspect with the general ability for student to live now and then. In 21st century, student must be having four competencies such as, CTS, creative thinking, collaborative and communicative skill. The CTS is one of basic competence which is important for each student to assimilate by change era and new culture. Many researches have done research about CTS and how to teach it. This article is a review of CTS that focuses on discussion about definition of thinking, the truth of CTS, implication of CTS and the assessment of CTS.