디자인 씽킹 기반 교과 통합 발명교육 프로그램이 초등학생의 창의융합 마인드 셋에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study aimed to develop and implement an invention education program rooted in design
 thinking principles that integrates various subjects and encourages problem-solving, creative thinking,
 collaboration, and empathy. The study sought to assess the impact of this program on elementary
 school students' development of a creative convergence mindset. The findings of the study are as
 follows.
 First, a curriculum comprising 13 lessons for integrated invention education programs was
 developed. This program is built upon the principles of design thinking, with an emphasis on
 identifying issues within the school and its surroundings, pinpointing user discomforts, and crafting
 prototypes with creative ideas.
 Second, after implementing the program, statistically significant effects were observed across all
 areas of empathy, creativity, affirmation, cooperation, and convergence, which collectively make up
 the creative convergence mindset.
 This confirmed that the design thinking-based curriculum-integrated invention education program
 positively enhanced elementary school students' creative convergence mindset. Consequently, there is
 a need to leverage a variety of design thinking-based curriculum-integrated invention education
 programs to foster a creative convergence mindset among students who will be part of the future
 society.
 In addition, expanding invention education within elementary schools through subject integration
 in curriculum redesign will open up opportunities for research and development in teaching and
 learning methods that can encompass various disciplines and values within the realm of invention
 education.