The Reality of the Application of Biology Teachers to Design Thinking in Their Teaching at The Secondary Stage

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of application of design thinking by biology teachers at the secondary level and determine the degree of obstacles they face during its application. The descriptive survey method was used to meet the objectives of the study. The open questionnaire was conducted among a sample of 276 male and female teachers who were chosen by stratified random sampling. 132 male and 144 female secondary school biology teachers were selected as a sample for this study. Biology teachers were chosen using a stratified random method in Riyadh. The collected data has been processed statistically using SPSS version 25. The results showed that the level of application of design thinking was low with an arithmetic average of 2.26, while the obstacles to the application of design thinking were high with an arithmetic average of 3.70. The results also revealed that there are statistically significant differences (0.01) between the average levels of the application of design thinking in favor of teachers. Moreover, there are statistically significant differences (0.01) between the average degrees of obstacles in its application in favor of teachers.

Received: 09 April 2023 / Accepted: 5 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023