Analysis of Implementation of Debate Learning Model in Constitutional Law Subjects as Efforts to Improve Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

Abstract

An urgent problem faced by the younger generation in the industrial revolution era, especially students is the lack of literacy culture that causes the inability of students to think critically about problems that occur, even relatively easily consumed by false news or false news. Facts on the ground show that the level of literacy culture in Indonesia is still relatively low. This is evident from the data reported by UNESCO (United Nations Educational and Educational Organization) that the reading interest index in Indonesia is 0.001, which means that from 1000 people there is only one person who has an interest in reading. This study aims to describe the results of the use of debate models in the development of critical thinking skills of students. The research approach is qualitative with the case study method. The research participants were students of the Department of Citizenship Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Data collection is done through observation, interviews, questionnaires and documentation studies. Analysis of the data used is data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the use of the debate model had a positive influence on the development of students' critical thinking skills. Debate model is able to train students in searching, sorting and selecting information to make strong arguments in solving a controversial problem and have a democratic attitude and mutual respect for differences of opinion Debate learning model can also build students' critical thinking skills and other skills such as public speaking.