Describing soft skills attributes of senior high school teacher in mathematics learning

The implementation of education in primary and secondary schools in Indonesia follows the standard process set by the government. One of the learning principles used is to balance between physical skills (hard skills) and mental skills (soft skills). Therefore, teachers have an impact in their role to develop students’ soft skills. The purpose of this study was to describe the development of soft skills of a teacher in mathematics learning at SMA N Kertosono, Indonesia. The researchers as the main instrument with supporting instruments, observation sheets on the implementation of learning in class and interview guidelines. Credibility of data by using triangulation methods and data analyzed in depth to get a description of the soft skills development of high school mathematics teachers in learning. The results showed that the teacher developed soft skills in mathematics learning: (1) verbal mathematical communication, giving different intonations on the preferred mathematical object, pointing to the mathematical object in question, and marking by circling or boxing the mathematical object described; (2) problem solving, guiding students with coherent steps to begin to identify the things being asked, looking for possible answers by testing in detail, making detailed problem solving, checking the results of solving problems that have been done and concluding the answers generated; and (3) critical thinking, asking students to be careful, dare to give an assessment of the teacher’s work, and dare to express opinions in learning.