Developing Thinking Skills Among Students Towards Creating Quality Human Capital

Abstract

This paper is intend to discuss the implementation of Thinking Skills among students towards the development of quality human capital. The main focuses of this paper is to look at Thinking Skills in terms of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment while implementing the Learning and Facilitation Process (PdPc) to build quality human capital among students. The concepts of Critical and Creative Thinking Skills (CCTS) and High Level Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) will also be explore to make comparisons between the two in developing quality human capital. The comparison is in terms of the effectiveness of the CCTS and HOTS in the development of student human capital. The effectiveness of HOTS will also be compare between different southeastern Asian countries to assess the extent to which the impact of the present-day HOTS has been widely discussed in the country. Quality human capital formation is closely relate to education. Referring to Schultz's theory of human capital development, 1971, In general, it explains the importance of education in developing longterm humanity in the interests of the national economy. The discussion of this paper refers to relevant journals, theories and concepts and scientific papers. The results of this paper are expecte to assist various parties in generating and developing human capital among students in the future. An effective education system will produce quality human capital.