Technology of Development of Critical Thinking of Elementary School Pupil: Practical Aspects of Self-Education

The article is devoted to separate aspects of the development of critical thinking of an elementary school student. The author suggests separate definitions of the concepts of "thinking", "critical thinking"; provides a comparative analysis of critical and everyday thinking; emphasizes the need for the development of critical thinking among schoolchildren, its interconnection and interdependence with teacher's reflective reflection. The article proposes the characteristic of the integrity of the educational process, describes various educational approaches to determining the level of formation of reflexivity of thinking in elementary school students.