Developing the critical thinking competency of the future teacher students
Developing the critical thinking competency of the future teacher students

Summary/Abstract: The critical thinking competency is a transversal competency, proving its usefulness in solving various school orprofessional tasks, regardless of the field or specialization. For a future teacher, it is a condition for improving workefficiency, for improving the style and teaching practices, for continuous training.The study aims to investigate the opinion of the future teacher students on their need for training/ developing criticalthinking and the role that the Initial Psycho-Pedagogical Program has in this respect.The research methods used were the questionnaire survey and the curriculum papers analysis, the applied tools being asurvey questionnaire and an analytical grid of the analytical programmes of the Psycho-Pedagogical Training Program.The research sample consisted of 52 master students from the Faculty of Letters, various specializations (Romanian,French, English, translators, acting, music), who were in the second year of the Psycho-Pedagogical Training Program,level II.The research results showed, on the one hand, the need to develop the critical thinking competency but also the currentpossibilities that the teacher training system has on this matter. We believe that the development of critical thinking mustbe one of the main aims of an initial teacher training program.

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