Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa pada Pembelajaran Daring Pendidikan Agama Buddha di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Ariya Metta Tangerang

Abstract

The main problem on this research is student critical thinking skills on online learning at Ariya Metta Vocational High School Tangerang. The purpose of this study is to describe student critical thinking skills on online learning at Ariya Metta Vocational High School Tangerang. This study use qualitative approach with descriptive case study. The subject of this study is the Buddhist Religious Education Teacher and XI and XII grade student of Ariya Metta Vocationa High School Tangerang. The object of this study are online learning activities, the student critical thinking skills figure, the student effort to show the student critical thinking skills, and the teacher effort to develop the student critical thinking skills toward online learning to study Buddhist Religious Education subject at Ariya Metta Vocational High School Tangerang. Data collection technique used are observation, interview and documentation. Data validity testing includes credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability test. Data analysis consist of condensing data, presenting data, and conclude of verification. Online learning activities of Buddhist Religious Study at Ariya Metta Vocational High School utilize digital communication tools in form of whatsapp group, google meet, and google classroom. Student are more actively engage in the learning process of both deepening and understanding on their own and asking questions. The form of critical thinking ability demonstrated by student toward online learning are analyzing the material, being capable to resolve the learning problems that they handle, asking for the truth of an information, comparing acquired source of information, and doing the learning evaluation. Students effort to understand Buddhist Religious Education critically by exploring the material individually and having a discussion were then made summaries to get to the conclusion. Teacher effort to develop critical thinking capability in students is to facilitate the learning process and initiates student to study independently. Student are trained to construct earlier insight for further discuss on discussion forum in order to get answer the student desire and be capable to conceit correct conclusion.