Critical Thinking and Its Development at Upper Secondary School

The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of critical thinking and its development at upper secondary school which aims to provide the latest findings in this topic. Thesis is divided into two parts. First one summarizes current findings and researches related to critical thinking in education, describes what critical thinking is, why it is important for upper secondary school pupils, which specifics are brought by its development and which psychological aspects are associated with its development. In the second part, there is a proposal of a research project where the goal is to find out the effect of program Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking, as the only united program in this area in the Czech Republic, to development of critical thinking at upper secondary school pupil