“…This is in accordance with the demands of 21st century education. To prepare the next generation schools and teachers must be transformed in order to facilitate students to be able to think ahead, have flexible problem solving skills, and have the communication and collaboration skills needed in the workforce and everyday life (Care & Griffin, 2015;Care, Griffin, & Wilson, 2018;Griffin, Care, & McGaw, 2012;Shidiq & Yamtinah, 2019;Trilling & Fadel, 2009;Urbani, Roshandel, Michaels, & Truesdell, 2017) Several studies have proven that contextual learning can improve students' critical thinking skills, conceptual abilities (Gayatri, Soegiyanto, & Rintayati, 2018;Wahyuningtyas & Wuryadi, 2018), social participation, behavior (Strogilos & Stefanidis, 2015), problem solving skills, scientific attitudes (Suryawati, Osman, & Meerah, 2010), creativity (Kurniasari et al, 2018). Besides that contextual learning is an effective strategy to be applied in the classroom (Bryk, Harding, & Greenberg, 2012;Hobri, Septiawati, & Cahya Prihandoko, 2018;Mauliana, Ikhsan, & Subianto, 2018;Selvianiresa & Prabawanto, 2017;Tait, Horsley, & Tait, 2018;Vermunt, 2005;Wahyuningtyas & Wuryadi, 2018) Contextual thematic learning is one opportunity to make thematic learning more meaningful.…”