Abstract

GARCIA-RUIZ, Mayra; GUTIERREZ-OLIVAR, Viridiana; RAYAS-PRINCE, Jessica Gloria Rocío del Socorro  and  VAZQUEZ-ALONSO, Ángel. The Effects of the Socio-Environmental Theme on the Critical Thinking Skills of the Future Primary School Teachers. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2020, n.48, pp.75-90.  Epub May 02, 2021. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num48-12382.

This article investigates the effects of the socio-environmental theme in the development of critical thinking skills in the future primary school teachers, through the STSE approach. A quasi-experimental pretest/postest design and two types of instruments, were used: a didactic intervention instrument, consisting of some teaching-learning sequences, and the second instrument, an adaptation of the Halpern test, was used to assess critical thinking skills for socio-environmental situations. The pretest showed a low level of critical thinking skills. After the intervention, the statistical analysis showed very favorable significant changes in two of the skills evaluated, the argument analysis and decision-making and problem solving. In addition, the intervention allowed students to make a critical reflection on the positive and negative aspects of science and technology, the relationships between tem and with society and the environment.

Keywords : critical thinking; primary school teachers; socio-environmental problems; STSE education; teaching-learning sequences.

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