A Framework for Developing Critical Thinking as a Cross-Cutting Skill for Specialized Secondary School Graduates

- Кобелєва, Олена Володимирівна (orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-8511) (2026) A Framework for Developing Critical Thinking as a Cross-Cutting Skill for Specialized Secondary School Graduates Ukrainian Educational Journal, 3. pp. 256-265. ISSN 2411-1317

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Abstract

The article substantiates the prerequisites and features of developing critical thinking in profile secondary school graduates as the foundation of their readiness for a conscious life choice. A contradiction is identified between the objective societal demand for a graduate with a high level of cognitive agency and the insufficient development of a comprehensive didactic system for its formation in the educational process of profile secondary schools. An analysis of domestic and foreign psychological and pedagogical literature regarding the evolution of the category "critical thinking" was carried out. A framework for its development in high school students is designed and substantiated, encompassing cognitive autonomy (the ability to independently manage cognitive processes), cognitive resilience (the formation of personal cognitive immunity), and cognitive proactivity (creative-transformative capacity). It is proven that the framework will ensure the trajectory of a profile school graduate's development through the transformation of six agentic roles (a competent reader, a literate information space user, an effective team communicator, a conscious citizen of Ukraine, a proactive agent of choice, and an emotionally mature individual), alongside determining the corresponding practical didactic toolkit for their implementation. The developed framework for critical thinking as a cross-cutting skill of a profile school graduate serves as a conceptual basis for designing a didactic model for developing critical thinking in high school students, the scientific substantiation of whose component structure constitutes the prospect for further research.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Кобелєва О. В. Рамка розвитку критичного мислення як наскрізного вміння випускника профільної школи. Український педагогічний журнал. 2026. № 3. С. 256–265.
Keywords:	critical thinking; cross-cutting skills; profile secondary education; profile secondary school graduate
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.02 General questions of didactics and method Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 373 Kinds of school providing general education
Divisions:	Institute of Pedagogics > Department of Didactics
Depositing User:	с.н.с. Олена Володимирівна Кобелєва (Барановська)
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2026 14:32
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2026 14:32
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/750566

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