INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING IN STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITIES
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Author(s): | Dibirova K. S., J. A. Salmanova, |
| Number of journal: | 4(73) | Date: | December 2025 |
| Annotation: | The information and educational environment (IEE) of a pedagogical university, in the context of the digital transformation of education, acquires particular significance as a key factor in the development of students’ critical thinking. In modern society, this competence is viewed not only as a tool for analyzing and interpreting information but also as a means of adapting future teachers to rapidly changing socio-educational conditions and professional challenges. The conducted study is based on systemic, competence-based, and activity-oriented approaches, which made it possible to consider the IEE as a multilevel and integrative system. Within its structure, four interrelated blocks were identified and analyzed, each encompassing various factors that contribute to the development of critical thinking: technological, methodological-didactic, psychological-pedagogical, and professionally oriented. Their interaction ensures the comprehensive development of students’ analytical, reflective, and research skills, fostering independence, creativity, and the ability for constructive interaction and professional mobility. It has been shown that digital educational platforms and electronic learning and methodological complexes not only increase the efficiency of the learning process but also create conditions for the conscious choice of individual educational trajectories, which is particularly important in teacher training. Critical thinking is regarded as a component of professional competency that develops both in the process of mastering academic disciplines and through the performance of practice-oriented tasks and pedagogical experiments. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying its results to the design of educational programs, the improvement of curricula, and the integration of digital technologies into the learning process. The prospects for further research involve the empirical verification of the identified pedagogical conditions, the development of methodological recommendations for the individualization of educational trajectories, and the use of adaptive digital technologies and artificial intelligence tools to enhance the developmental and diagnostic potential of the IEE. | ||
| Keywords: | information and educational environment, critical thinking, pedagogical university, digitalization, competences, technologies, methodology, reflection, independence, professionalism |
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| For citation: | Dibirova K. S., Salmanova D. A. Information and educational environment for the development of critical thinking in students of pedagogical universities. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2025;4(73):403—409. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2025.73.1441. |
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