Critical thinking in reflection of students – future teachers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34767/SZP.2024.02.08Keywords:
critical thinking, information society, self-management, self-developmentAbstract
Critical thinking is currently regarded as a key competence – in the context of dealing with the information chaos that dominates the global information society, and in the context of the challenges of sustainable development. It is extremely important for all citizens to have this competence – and it takes on particular significance in the context of education. The article addresses the issue of how students in the field of teaching (teaching specialization) at the University of the Commission of National Education in Kraków
understand and give importance to the competence of critical thinking. This research group was selected for the study as it was assumed that teachers are the people who decide what importance they assign to the development of this competence among children and youth and, therefore, what importance they will attach in the future to ensuring that their students acquire and develop critical thinking. The authors, using the method of qualitative content analysis, reconstructed the reflections of students – future teachers – on the subject of critical thinking in the constructivist trend. Analysis categories were distinguished, which allowed for the reconstruction of how the young people who will soon work in schools understand and give importance to critical thinking. Part of the research was financed by the ERASMUS+ project: CTIS – Critical Thinking in the Information Society: Erasmus+ KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education.
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