DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE ART TEACHERS’ CRITICAL THINKING

Abstract

Formulation of the problem. An art teacher’s professional training is based on the concept of the educational paradigm of the 21st century, which considers education as a dynamic system which provides the balance of the processes of acquiring a cognitive component and a social one, where the development of critical thinking as a cross-cutting ability takes one of the leading places.
Methodology. In scientific research, the methods of theoretical research (analysis, abstraction, systematization, generalization) were used to generalize theoretical and methodological principles regarding the essence of critical thinking, its components, and the definition of pedagogical conditions. The methodological basis of the research is the theory of cognition, the theory of professional formation in native and foreign research, the theory of motivation in educational and professional activity.
The purpose of the article is to determine and substantiate the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of future art teachers’ critical thinking.
Scientific novelty. The importance of the development of future teachers’ critical thinking in the process of professional training is substantiated. Organizational and pedagogical conditions for the development of future art teachers’ critical thinking are proposed: adherence to a pedocentric approach, prioritization of problem-based learning methods, application of a certain algorithm in conducting classes: motivation – challenge – solution – reflection, and organization of a facilitated educational environment.
Conclusions. Compliance with the specified organizational and pedagogical conditions allows the creation of an educational environment in which the student feels like an active subject of learning, capable of critical evaluation of the information they learn, develops skills for analysis, systematization of acquired knowledge, the reasoning of their own judgments, etc. It is fair to claim that the development of future art teachers’ critical thinking contributes to more effective implementation of professional activities and the growth of their competitiveness in the market of educational services.