Managing Critical Thinking Skills to Resilience Profile of Pancasila Students in Indonesia Using Controversial Public Issues Model

Abstract

Purpose: How to manage critical thinking skills in order to resilience Profil Pelajar Pancasila using controversial public issues model is what is the purpose of the research.   Theoretical framework: Managing critical thinking skillsis the ability to analyze, evaluate, explain, inference, and interpretation of information obtained in a qualitative or quantitative in writing and verbal using controversial public issues models.   Method/design/approach: The research conducted using the quasi-experimental method. This study uses data collection techniques in the form of tests consisting of paper-based pretests and postests supported by documentation needed during the study.   Results and conclusion: The result was that managing critical thinking skills using the controversial public issues method was effective in resilience of the Profil Pelajar Pancasila.   Research implications: Controversial Public Issues models can increase the dimension of critical thinking skills, so that they can reach the dimensions contained in the Profil Pelajar Pancasila as a transition to implementing the Merdeka Curriculum.   Originality/value: This research contributes to the growing literature on critical thinking management as a form of thinking that learners are required to have in the new Profil Pelajar Pancasila policy contained in the Merdeka curriculum. This research provides original insights related to the effectiveness of the implementation of the CPI model in improving critical thinking skills in the Profil Pelajar Pancasila, so that it has an impact on fulfilling the obligations of teachers to make students become students with Pancasila character.