Rana Aliyeva

Key words: creative thinking, critical thinking, teacher-student cooperation, knowledge, skills,

technologies

Rana Samad Aliyeva

THE ROLE OF CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING IN STUDENT FORMATION

Summary. The analysis of the situation of the problem of the formation of students' critical thinking shows that this issue is not paid enough attention in the modern school. The students' critical thinking does not develop purposefully, as a result, the students' ability to independently analyze events and facts, self evaluate, predict, make the best choice in a problematic situation, and critically understand what is happening is not sufficiently developed. The development of creative thinking in young students is a special process. A distinctive feature of students' creative activity is the subjective novelty of the product. A child's "discovery" for himself may be new and unusual, but it cannot be creative. The development of creative thinking can be properly formed with the guidance of teachers.