Okul Öncesi Fen Eğitiminde Eleştirel Düşünme Becerileri ve Öğretmen Eğitimine Yönelik Öneriler

Abstract

Critical thinking depends on the basic criteria of thinking such as reasoning, justification, evaluation of evidence and making decisions. Therefore, it is necessary to develop this skill in each grade of education. The goals and objectives of the curriculum in the world and our country include developing these skills. However, the researchers of this study examined the textbooks on science education and detected some shortages in terms of the indicators and practices of these skills. In order to overcome these shortcomings, this study aims at determining the criteria of critical thinking skills in preschool science education and a rubric to assess these skills by obtaining