Instruction for critical thinking: fostering tourism students twenty-first century skills

Abstract

The tourism industry is one of the most influential sectors of the country's economic development. Therefore, it is considered essential to prepare capable students in tourism. In this regard, developing students' public speaking skills in tourism requires special attention. The most effective way to develop this skill is to use critical thinking techniques. In this study, 2 groups of 3rd-year students in the educational program "5B090200 - Tourism"  were covered. If group A was an experimental group, then group B was taken as a control group. As a result of the study, the experimental group of students, with the support of critical thinking development techniques, improved public speaking skills and made logical, effective decisions on any problem. The result of the experiment was that the use of basic methods and techniques of critical thinking positively impacted the development of public speaking skills among students of the educational program "5B090200 - Tourism".