“…When the current studies from Türkiye on the concept of critical thinking are examined, it is seen that they include the fields of science education (Açışlı-Çelik, 2022;Karagöz et al, 2022), philosophy of religion (Duran, 2021), language, reading and writing skills (Akça-Üşenti & Davaslıgil, 2021;Çevirme, 2021;Kurudayıoğlu & Temur, 2021;Şahin, 2021), architecture (Acar et al, 2021), and health . Current studies in the international literature include the fields of information reliability of digital resources (Feijoo et al, 2023), academic performance in higher education (Lopez et al, 2023), art (Jiang & Alizadeh, 2023), teaching methods (Almulla, 2023;Ssemugenyi, 2023), and health (Taylor et al, 2023). Current literature in the field of early childhood focuses on what engineering practices experienced in early childhood teach children (Ramanathan et al, 2023), an intervention program to encourage children to adopt a healthy lifestyle (Jakobovich et al, 2023), cultural awareness (Adam & Byrne, 2023), play-based curriculum (Geletu, 2023), scientific thinking and scientific competencies (Carvajal-Sanchez et al, 2023;Su & Yang, 2023), STEM activities (Nikolopoulou, 2023), and independent learning behaviors (Özcan, 2022).…”