CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION: COMPLEMENTARITY AND NEED IN FRONT OF COVID-19

Abstract

Critical thinking and creativity share numerous characteristics, since they are educational tools that are very useful in a society like today, in which mere conventional knowledge of the school curriculum is no longer enough to integrate into a variety of professional fields and social sectors. In this sense, it is necessary and urgent to train students to develop an inquiring, critical and investigative spirit, at the same time that they are committed and supportive of global sustainability. Added to this is the recent crisis of Covid-19, which has had a devastating impact on education, making face-to-face teaching impossible in most schools on the planet, which has brought to the fore the need to promote the self-regulation of students in their learning from home.