Programa didáctico para desarrollar el pensamiento crítico en los estudiantes de educación secundaria

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop a didactic proposal to develop the Critical Thinking of fourth year high school students, in the area of Social Sciences, at the Libertad Educational Institution, in the city of Trujillo. The methodology was based on a non-experimental, descriptive-propositional design, within a mixed research process. A survey was used to determine the level of development of critical thinking in students, this instrument was evaluated by expert judgment with acceptable reliability within the consistency index of Cronbach's Alpha. The results showed a low level of development in the dimensions of critical thinking such as self-regulation, inference, interpretation, analysis, explanation and evaluation. Therefore, the most relevant strategies were sought to implement the didactic program and thus improve critical thinking in students within the area of Social Sciences.