Keyword: «development of critical thinking»

the article considers one of the tasks of modern education - the development of critical thinking. Definitions of the concept of critical thinking, stages and methods of work in relation to extracurricular reading are presented. The results of an experiment on the development of critical thinking in the process of extracurricular reading are described.

The article reveals the essence of critical thinking, examines the possibilities of its development among students in the conditions of digital transformation of education on the example of the master's degree program «Pedagogy of higher school».