STREAM in Science Education: Challenge to Enhance Creative Thinking Skills and Spiritual Quotient for Society 5.0

Abstract

Society 5.0 leads to the demands of the enhancing creative thinking skills and spiritual quotient (SQ) to prepare for the complexity and dynamics of the digital era. The research aims to study the profile of science education on sustainable lifestyle theme based on Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STREAM) and its impact to creative thinking skills and spiritual quotient (SQ) of senior high school students. The study was conducted using a quasi-experimental method involving 329 students from grades XI and XII across 10 Islamic-based high school education units in Sukabumi Regency and Sukabumi City representing 33 schools. analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to control covariate variables and see the effect of the STREAM approach on increasing creative thinking skills and SQ. The instruments used were observation format, creative thinking skills test questions and SQ questionnaires. The subjects of the study were determined on using probability cluster sampling technique. Although this model is the first time being implemented, STREAM learning provides the mutual learning so that it impacts to the increasing students' critical thinking skills (although with low category) and increasing students' SQ (high category). To make a significant impact especially in creative thinking skills, it is recommended that STREAM learning or other contemporary learning approaches often used in science learning for habituation learning process.