The extent which teachers in Al-Anbar Education Directorate possess critical thinking skills

Abstract

The current research aims to find out the extent to which teachers of the Anbar Education Directorate have critical thinking skills and trends, and the research sample consisted of( 56) Ibrahim test ( 2001) was used to achieve the research goals after checking the scale and its re-significance, which was prepared in order to measure thinking skills consisting of(87) paragraphs with Islamic content, which were divided into the five directions of critical thinking(" differentiating between truth and personal opinion, identifying and diagnosing bias and objectivity in texts, finding conclusions about the text, modifying evidence and arguments "the results found that teachers' scores for critical thinking skills are below the educationally required level( 75%) In addition, there are significant differences due to the variables of experience and the interest of teachers who have years of long experience in the field of teaching .the research included recommendations, the most important of which are: the creation of rehabilitation programs and the development of teachers ' skills, the creation of courses and workshops, stimulating the curriculum and providing support to our teachers and activating their effective role in the educational process.