Management of Learning Activities to Promote SystematicThinking Skills for Student Teachers Training in Technology Education

The research paper presents to design and manage learning activities to promote systematic thinking skills for student teachers in technology education. The research and development process are divided into three steps: 1) designing learning activities according to the 3A-3Q teaching process to enhance systemic thinking skills, 2) experimenting with learning activities based on the developed teaching process, and 3) analyzing and concluding the research. The sample group in the research was 40 student teacher students, Bachelor of Science in Technical Education, Program in Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. The results of the research found that; 1) the learning activities according to the 3A-3Q teaching technique developed as assessed by 5 experts were appropriate at a high level, 2) the learners had a learning achievement in system thinking skills with an average of 78%, and 3) the satisfaction level of the learners towards the developed teaching process was at a high level. Therefore, it can be concluded that systematic thinking is an essential skill for apprenticing in technology education and is able to apply in teaching practice to produce technicians and industrial technologists with 21(st) century learning skills.