摘要：Critical thinking is an organized process aiming at obtaining knowledge in an original way, comparing, using and evaluating it. Critical thinking is a power triggering the knowledge production process and is the energy of knowledge. Science cannot be improved with the verification and repetition of what is known. It is only improved through questioning, emerging new information and new views. One of the high level needs of man in Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy is the realization of oneself. Individuals being able to realize themselves can decide what is true, what is wrong with their free wills. The most important task of education and the education of visual arts is to train creative and productive individuals being able to think all-round, learn how to learn, solve problems, respectful to humans, tolerant, having improved communication skills. It is of great importance to improve critical thinking skills at students in making them attain it. In making them attain these behaviours, it is of vital importance to improve critical thinking skills at students. In the current study, it was aimed to determine critical thinking levels of the candidates of visual arts and to determine whether the tendency of critical thinking differed in terms of gender. The data of the study was gathered through California Critical Thinking Tendency Scale. At the end of the study, it was found that candidate teachers of visual arts had tendency at medium level in general critical thinking. It was also found that the critical thinking tendencies of the candidate teachers of visual arts did not differ in terms of gender.
其他摘要：Eleştirel düşünme;bilgiyi özgün bir biçimde elde etme, karşılaştırma, kullanma ve değerlendirmeyi amaç edinen organize bir süreçtir. Eleştirel düşünme bilgi üretim sürecini tetikleyen bir güçtür, bilginin enerjisidir. Bilim bilinenlerin doğrulanması veya
关键词：Critical Thinking Tendency; Candidate Teachers of Visual Arts; Art Education.
其他关键词：Eleştirel Düşünme Eğilimi; Görsel Sanatlar Öğretmeni Adayları; Sanat Eğitimi.
