Larisa T. Retunskih

In an interview the problem of developing of critical thinking in children is discussed. L.T.Retuinskih shares her experience in conducting special classes aimed at the establishment of the ability to philosophize at preschool and elementary school. The main purpose of these sessions – to activate the process of independent thinking, learning techniques of reasoning and finding ways of justifications of your own opinion. L.T.Retuinskih believes that the development of critical thinking makes children more independent in assessment of any situation. On the one hand, it complicates the communication of the child and an adult (as an adult has to prove the adequacy of his position), but on the other – it makes children resistant to a variety of negative influences.