The critical thinking is related to the good judgment on the aspect of wisdom. The concept of critical thinking is skillful, responsible thinking that facilitates good judgement because it relies upon criteria, is self-correcting, and is sensitive to ...
The critical thinking is related to the good judgment on the aspect of wisdom. The concept of critical thinking is skillful, responsible thinking that facilitates good judgement because it relies upon criteria, is self-correcting, and is sensitive to context. The purpose of this study was to explore the question of facilitating the critical thinking(QFCT) and investigate the perception of kindergarten teachers and the response of preschooler on it. QFCT is consisted of question of clarification, questions that probe assumptions, questions that probe reasons, evidence, and causes, questions about viewpoints or perspectives, questions that probe implications and consequences, questions of knowing how or information source on this study. The specific research problem of this study were : (1) When is possible to ask QFCT according to the kindergarten teacher`s perception? (2) Is it possible for preschooler to answer when we ask QFCT to them directly?. The subjects of this study were 28 kindergarten teacher who has career more than 3 years of field experience and 56 preschooler who is ranged from 5.0 age to 5.11. The data were analyzed by frequencies percentiles, Chi-square. The results of this study were as follows : (1) There were commonly significant differences between response possible and impossible on the 5 year old preschooler according to the kindergarten teacher`s perception when we ask QFCT. (2) There were usually significant differences between response possible and impossible according to the response of 5 year old preschooler when we ask QFCT to them directly.