Guidelines for the Application of Design Thinking Approach to the Change of Educational Institutions

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Jaruwat Songmuang
Apirak Tohtayong

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Educational institutions should be transformed into innovative organizations. Design thinking is anothers concept which develops innovation in education and learning management. In order for educational institutions to be able to use innovative design thinking in a sufficient way, it is necessary to adjust the context to be consistent with innovations. Design thinking is a creative and meaningful process that is consistent with the current situation and problem. An educational institution should bring out differences into a combination, promote attention to the context of problems, and create insights through cooperative working. There are five key components: 1) empathy 2) integrative thinking 3) positive thinking or creativity 4) experiment or prototype development and 5) collaboration or testing. Educational institutions can implement the following idea: 1) setting up the policy to be innovative organizations, 2) training teachers to become innovators, 3) offering an opportunity to develop innovation, and 4) sharing knowledge and publicizing the innovation.

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SONGMUANG, J., & Tohtayong, A. (2021). Guidelines for the Application of Design Thinking Approach to the Change of Educational Institutions. Journal of Information and Learning, 32(1), 52–57. https://doi.org/10.14456/jil.2021.5
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