Implementation of Case-Based Learning for Thinking Skills Development: Essential Skills of the 21st Century of Thai Students

Abstract

               Thinking skill is essential for people of 21^st century because the process of thinking is important and everyone who possesses the skills will be able to develop themselves and find solutions to their problems. They will also be able to find happiness and keep themselves away from dangers; therefore, is obvious that thinking skill is extremely necessary to help us make decisions and solve problems.

               To achieve outcomes that are truly mandatory and necessary for students requires changes on learning methods. Teachers need to teach and equip their students with thinking skill which is required in order to live in the 21^st century. This means that teachers should plan and facilitate the learning approach that allow students to learn from real-world issues that are related to them. The learning approach should enable students to think and analyze the issues which will ignite their curiosity and enthusiasm to do more research from various sources of information to support or rectify their thoughts, develop their decision-making skill and propose solutions to the issues while replacing their old paradigm with a new one. This thinking skill development approach is called “Case-Based Learning” which consists of 6 steps (DAISSI) including: 1) Define a situation or event, 2) Analyze the problem of a situation or event, 3) Identify alternative solutions, 4) Search results, 5) Share, and 6) Implement.