THE EFFECTS OF DESIGN THINKING PROCESS EXPERIENCE ON CREATIVE THINKING AND TEAMWORK OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AT SCHOOL UNDER THE OFFICE OF UDON THANI PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA 4

Abstract

The objective of this research was 1) to compare creative thinking scores of preschool children before and after organizing design thinking process experience. 2) to study the ability to teamwork of preschool children after organizing design thinking process experience.The sample comprised 16 preschool children, 5-6 years old, who were studying at the third kindergarten level during the second semester of the 2021 academic year at Nam Som Pra Cha San (Thi Ra Thum Mo U-Pa Tham) School in Udon Thani province, obtained by multi-stage sampling. The research instruments used were a guide to organizing movement and rhythm activities using design thinking to promote  creative thinking and teamwork of preschool children, a preschool children creative thinking test, and a preschool children behavioral observation from teamwork. Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and sign test.

            The Research findings showed that 1) the post-experiment creative thinking scores of preschool children who get Design Thinking Process Experience, were significantly higher than their pre-experiment counterpart scores at the .05 level. 2) ability to teamwork of preschool children who get Design Thinking Process Experience at a high level ( = 2.77, S.D. = .26) when considering each aspect the membership of the groups ability to teamwork at a high level ( = 2.79, S.D. = .32) and the process of working in groups ability to teamwork at a high level ( = 2.75, S.D. = .26).