Instructional Guidelines for Promoting Innovative Thinking of Secondary School Student

Abstract

This research aims to 1) investigate instructional strategies for promoting innovative thinking among secondary school students 2) present instructional guidelines for promote innovative thinking among secondary school students. The sample consisted of 219 Thai teachers from secondary schools under the supervision of Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Areas Office 1. Research instruments included questionnaires and interviews. Collected data were analyzed using percentages, arithmetic average. and standard deviation. The results showed that: 1) Conditions for promoting innovative thinking among secondary school students are 1.1)  teachers being able to set objectives for students so that they can learn about and understand innovation, leading to the students being able to generate ideas and results from their own ideas; 1.2) teachers allowing students to obtain new ideas; 1.3) teachers incorporating technological media to help organize teaching and learning; and 1.4) teachers measuring and evaluating students based on their ability to engage in and carry out the process of innovation. 2) Guidelines for promoting innovative thinking among secondary school students: 2.1) teachers should be able to set objectives with a focus on providing students with knowledge, understanding, and the capability to perform the work according to the process in an ethical manner; 2.2) teachers selecting teaching methods that are continually revised according to the innovation process while providing opportunities for students to practice on their own; 2.3) choosing media that can connect ideas to create a feasible process for developing innovations; and 2.4) periodically evaluating students’ ability to generate ideas and efficiently transform them into innovative results under real-life conditions.