Application of fundamental critical thinking skills in everyday life situations in high school students in a rural area of the department of Nariño

Abstract

Critical thinking is a matter of great interest for different disciplinary fields, as it is a superior type of thinking made up of different skills that allow to decide what to do or what to believe in a reflective and reasoned way in different life situations. Despite its great importance, many students have weaknesses when it comes to applying it, in addition to the fact that classroom practices generate a gap between the school and the contexts, which limits the possibility of developing these skills and knowing how they are manifested in reality.

It is important to understand that critical thinking is forged and evidenced in practice, for this reason, the objective of this research is to characterize, through daily experiences, the skills of decision making, problem solving and reasoning, considered as fundamental from the educational approach of critical thinking. To achieve this purpose, a qualitative methodology with an interpretative hermeneutic approach was used, which allowed describing the ways in which students manifest or do not manifest their critical thinking skills.

The results of the research allowed us to glimpse that students display certain traits of critical thinking skills, sometimes showing a reflective, assertive and reasoned attitude, however, other traits of these skills are not manifested, which is evidenced in impulsive, aggressive and thoughtless behaviors.