CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF FORMING FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL THINKING OF A PERSONALITY

Abstract

In the article, the author analyzes the conceptual aspects of forming foundations of critical thinking in a child of senior preschool age; the history of the research problem. The study of philosophical and scientific sources, legislative and regulatory documents of the educational industry made it possible to substantiate the opinion that the forming foundations of critical thinking in older preschool children is an important and difficult task for a preschool education institution. The relevance of its solution is due to new educational strategies aimed at formation of a "thinking personality" capable of making decisions. The author defines conceptual educational goals that determine the ways and means of qualitative implementation of educational tasks. The article clarifies the content of the concept of thinking, the signs of their manifestation; analyzed the views of scientists on the content of the concept of "critical thinking", "criticality" as a basic quality of personality. In the general pedagogical aspect, the content of the concept of "forming foundations of critical thinking" as a process aimed at the formation of a critical way of thinking and implemented through actions and the ability to think is disclosed. The result is mental skill. It has been proven that thinking unfolds as a process of solving a thought that helps to comprehend information, turn it into one's own knowledge, skills and experience; analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the process. The content of the article reveals the specifics of the manifestation of critical thinking; intellectual abilities are characterized as components of verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence. The general concept of universal design in the educational cognitive space of Ukraine is defined. The necessity of mastering critical forms of thinking by children of senior preschool age is proved.