Integrating the Framework of 21 st Century Learning (4C) into Creative Music Learning Oriana Tio Parahita Nainggolan, Djohan Salim, Ayub Prasetiyo, and Vill Alvian Marthien Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta, Jl. Parangtritis Km 6,5 Sewon, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Keywords: Creative music learning, 21 st century learning, 4C Abstract: Creative music learning is one of the challenging subject in learning music for elementary school students. The main topic of creative music is sound. It is the most important element in learning music. Sound must recognize and heard at the beginning of music lesson. Creative music aims not only to develop students’ listening skills, but also to develop the ability in making innovation in music either creating creative musical composition or musical instrument. The students also will get the advantages from creative music learning process such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation (4C). In the framework 21 st century learning, the 4C are the ability that must achieved by the students. Although creative music subject is important in learning music, but it has not been widely taught in public schools. This paper will examine how 4C integrated in creative music learning. The data obtained from observations and interviews during the music creative learning process. The results shown that students integrate 4C in the learning process. Making creative music requires critical thinking finding various possibilities in order making innovations in music. Communication skill is also needed to express the ideas from critical thoughts. The Collaborative ability also used when playing creative music. Critical thinking skills, communication, and collaboration will ultimately result in creativity and innovation in making creative music. 1 INTRODUCTION Human life in the 21 st century underwent a massive change. In the 21 st Century, the entire fulfilment of life needs is based on knowledge, it makes the 21 st century is also known as knowledge age. The changes in life in the 21 st century affect various aspects of human life, including education. Education in the 21 st century is knowledge-based education. Education in the 21 st century prepares students to survive various kinds of life changes. The 21 st century education is also designed students get ready to face the changing trends in employment in the 21 st century, knowledge age work. The work trend in the 21 st century is very different from the trend of work in the past century which is based on industry (Trilling and Fadel, 2009: 4). Figure 1. Work Trend at Industrial Age Figure 2. Work Trend at Knowledge Age The education curriculum in the 21 st century is designed to prepare students to deal with various changes that occur in the 21 st century. Educational researchers agree that if we want to prepare students to compete in the 21st century, education must help students to learn and develop four basic abilities: critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, and communication, which is called 4 C (Kokkidou, 2013). The 21 st century curriculum must be redesigned and reflect the importance of 4c in learning (Rotherham & Willingham, 2010; Pitchers & Soden, 2000: Trilling, 2008). Every learning in the 21 st century must reflect 4c in all its learning activities. In 21 st century learning, music plays an important role in preparing students to improve their 4c abilities (Riconalla & Silor: 2017). To be able to prepare students to fulfil 4c abilities, music lessons in Extraction Manufacturin g  Assembly Marketing Distributi on Product &  Services Data Informatio n Knowledg e Expertise Marketing Product &  Services 234 Nainggolan, O., Salim, D., Prasetiyo, A. and Marthien, V. Integrating the Framework of 21st Century Learning (4C) into Creative Music Learning. DOI: 10.5220/0008562602340239 In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities (ICONARTIES 2019), pages 234-239 ISBN: 978-989-758-450-3 Copyright c  2020 by SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved