Development of Design Thinking and Attitude Towards Teamwork Using Project-based Teaching Approach of Vocational Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the level of students’ design thinking 2) to study design thinking development of students and 3) to study students’ attitude towards teamwork using Project-based Teaching Approach. The research sample consisted of 29 1st year vocational certificate students program in Thai performing arts at The College  of Dramatic Arts during the second semester of the 2022 academic year  by simple  purposive  sampling. The research  instruments were 6 lesson plans, design thinking tests and attitude towards teamwork test. The data were analyzed by mean and standard deviation. The findings showed that 1) the level of design thinking of students at The College of Dramatic Arts was at a good level (M = 3.46, S = 0.63), 2) the development of design thinking of students during learning management was at high scores as the first and second measurement was at the good level (M = 3.17, S = 0.75 and M = 3.48, S = 0.64). In addition, the third measurement was at excellent level (M = 3.70, S = 0.46), and 3) they also had a high level (M = 3.93, S = 0.81) of attitude towards teamwork.