El pensamiento crítico y los buenos resultados en la vidaestudio de una promoción de estudiantes del grado de educación social

Abstract

Critical competence is necessary for everyone in our multicomplex and changing societies; however, in certain professional profiles it would not be healthy to develop learning programs for this competence without the development of complementary programs that reinforce the well-being of this professional. In this article a reflection and research is made about the important role that critical thinking plays in the profession of social education. For this purpose, a study is made of the beliefs that a group of 35 social educators in training at the University of Huelva have about critical thinking, its characteristics, components and consequences for their own subjective well-being. A mixed descriptive-correlational and qualitative research design is used through content analysis of focus groups. To be critically competent for a social educator is to survive the critical process that is undoubtedly necessary to improve our societies, without leading to a wear and tear that ends up disabling an important and fundamental resource for change.