การบ่มเพาะทักษะเชิงนวัตกรรมของนักศึกษาปริญญาตรีในคณะวิชาสร้างสรรค์ในประเทศไทย

Abstract

    Higher education plays a crucial role in developing innovative graduates who have been increasingly sought out by firms offering new and creative products or services to escape from a price-war competition. This paper attempts to investigate how universities can equip students with innovation skills so that students can become innovative graduates. Through a qualitative approach, in-depth interviews with twenty-seven deans and three deputy deans of thirty creative faculties in ten universities in Bangkok, Thailand, and documentation were employed. The results show that creative faculties deploy a multi-disciplinary approach and collective learning to nurture students’ innovation skills through three mechanisms, including developing an integrated curriculum, designing proper pedagogies, and fostering students’ extra-curricular activities. Meanwhile, universities play a supportive role to provide appropriate resources. The government should draw up policies to encourage and support universities to nurture students’ innovation skills to help them enter the workforce and drive the Thai economy toward innovation.