Abstract

Currently, the Kazakh young generation is developing together with the peoples of the world, but in order for them to be far-sighted, there are still imperfect, respectively, unformed mechanisms. The article proposes design thinking as a methodology that positively influences students’ decision-making, and demonstrates the possibility of its transfer through philosophy and socio-humanitarian disciplines. Although Design thinking is rationally used in technological research, it is rarely used in social sciences and humanities. If design thinking were included in the program of such a basic discipline as Philosophy in universities, and the content justifying its priority would grow, then it could easily penetrate into social and humanitarian disciplines and spread faster through scientific circulation. The authors of the article, which is based on this idea, point out the need to use the basic concepts and the process of design thinking for teaching philosophy and socio-humanitarian disciplines. The key point of the article is to identify the characteristics and features of design thinking and discuss its mechanisms in the development of problem-solving skills of Kazakhstani students.