Critical thinking development of future biology teachers as a necessary condition for their preparation to implement the functions of education for sustainable development
Journal Title: Педагогіка формування творчої особистості у вищій і загальноосвітній школах - Year 2018, Vol 61, Issue 2
Abstract
The article is devoted to the disclosure of the essence of critical thinking in the context of preparing future biology teachers to implement the functions of education for sustainable development. It is noted that particularly important competence of modern man is the ability to think critically, which provides social progress is the basis of democracy. Determined that critical thinking is the thinking of the highest order. It consists in active knowledge, which is based on a conscious perception of the received information, provides for its analysis, systematization, understanding of its own mental activities, is distinguished by personal qualities, attitudes and beliefs. The article reviews the requirements of normative educational documents regarding the tasks and essence of the development of critical thinking of future biology teachers. On the basis of the analysis of modern scientific research it was established that the main characteristics of critical thinking are activity; reflexivity; logic (compliance with criteria, discipline, weighting, reasoning); independence (self-regulation, self-control); orientation on solving real problems (life, educational). Critical thinking involves the development of such abilities: the ability to identify a problem, analyze, evaluate, synthesize information from different sources, put forward alternatives and evaluate them, choose a way to solve a problem or your own position and justify your views, make informed choices. The article presents the results of diagnostics of the level of critical thinking of students-biologists. It is proposed for the development of critical thinking to use a methodology that takes into account all the properties of critical thinking, involves the influence on the cognitive, emotional-value and behavioral aspects of critical thinking, provides the fullest possible use of operational mechanisms of thinking. The methodology for critical thinking development of future biology teachers should be based on the synthesis of technologies such as problem-based learning, developmental learning, and collective learning.
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І. М. Коренева
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