Result of Teaching Economics Integrating Design Thinking Processes to Promote the Future of Digital Skills of Junior High School Students

Abstract

The objective of this research article is to 1) develop an economics teaching plan that integrated design thinking processes to promote future digital skills for junior high school students, and 2) study the outcomes of teaching economics by assessing the future digital skills of junior high school students. The target group consisted of 43 junior high school students. The research instruments used were 1) a learning management plan and 2) an evaluation form for the quality of the learning management plan that integrated design thinking processes. This research is a social science action research utilizing a mixed-methods data collection approach.

         The research findings revealed that 1) the quality of the learning management plan had a reliability score higher than 0.5, indicating that the plan could be utilized, and 2) the assessment of future skills in learning unit 1 showed an overall good level ( = 2.66, SD = 0.48), and the promotion of future skills in learning unit 2 showed an overall good level ( = 2.73, SD = 0.42). Therefore, it was concluded that the economics teaching plan that integrated design thinking processes could effectively promote the future digital skills of students.