TECHNOLOGY OF THE CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract

The article discusses the essence and methods of implementing the technology of developing critical thinking in a secondary school. Being the main lever for the formation of students’ intellectual skills, it provides them with an ability to determine reliability of a source of information, differentiate facts and opinions, and determine whether statements correspond to facts. It is concluded that the use of this technology makes it possible to structure the educational space in such a way that, instead of passive listening and simple reproduction of educational material by schoolchildren their active participation in the cognitive process, intensive independent and conscious cognitive activity, creative self-realization are organized.