Applying Design Thinking Process in Organizing Project Based Learning for Elementary Students

Design thinking is not only a highly humanistic intelligent problem-solving process, widely applied in many fields. For early childhood education, Design thinking has the potential to become an effective method of organizing educational activities. Project based learning is a form of teaching widely applied in all educational levels with an organizational model linked to reality, producing real-life products through “social role-playing” of learners. Applying Design thinking in Project based learning for Elementary students help them practice their ability to solve problems creatively, stimulate curiosity, the ability to observe, explore, apply, arouse interest and gain additional skills for presenting creative ideas. Our article gives definition, clarifying the steps of Design thinking; present the effects and applicability of Design thinking in Elementary school. This article also generalizes some characteristics of Project based learning and provides instructions for applying Design thinking in Project based learning in Elementary school.