Keyword: «integrated method»

In the context of modern education, the formation of critical thinking skills among students of a pedagogical university is of particular importance, since it is carried out in an information society. If a student can think critically, he/she can, accordingly, express a subjective opinion, make the right choice in a timely manner, solve vital and scientific problems, reasonably build a dispute, make an objective assessment of someone else's point of view. The humanities block of disciplines at a pedagogical university (we are talking about such disciplines as philosophy, social studies, psychology, literature and art) provides students with fundamental knowledge about human society, culture, history and worldview. Therefore, the aim of the study is to identify the leading approaches to the definition and formation of critical thinking among students of a pedagogical university in the humanities block classes; to experimentally test the effectiveness of a number of activities and the academic discipline "Technology for the development of critical thinking". To achieve this goal, the tasks of forming critical thinking among students of a pedagogical university were highlighted: the ability to analyze, compare, synthesize and generalize. In addition, it is planned to conduct a study to assess the current level of critical thinking among students of a pedagogical university, as well as to develop and test the effectiveness of new strategies and pedagogical techniques for the development of this skill. The theoretical significance of the research lies in the fact that the idea of the peculiarities of critical thinking formation in the humanities block classes among students of a pedagogical university has been expanded, criteria and levels of critical thinking formation in students of a pedagogical university have been identified from the position of a system activity-oriented approach; a curriculum on the discipline "Technology of critical thinking development " have been developed and practically implemented. The practical significance of the study is due to the fact that the developed measures and described methods of working with students of a pedagogical university can be used by teachers of other educational organizations of the Russian Federation. The presented materials can serve as a basis for the development of methodological recommendations for teachers of universities in the country. The results obtained in the study can be widely used in the activities of higher education organizations in humanities classes. The article contains a theoretical analysis of various approaches to the assessment of critical thinking, offering an integrated method for the formation of critical thinking skills among students of a pedagogical university. The paper presents the results of the analysis of the concept of "critical thinking", defines criteria and indicators, and characterizes the levels of critical thinking formation. The authors suggest methods and techniques for developing critical thinking in educational practice in the humanities classes, and propose algorithms for working with various types of visual texts. At the same time, any sources of information presented in the form of text, images, diagrams, etc. are considered as visual texts.