Critical thinking in the first-class Informatics textbook of the Greek Lyceum: promoting the cultivation of its skills

There are problems societies and individuals thinking have to deal with. To confront these problems, specific skills are needed. Critical is indispensable in developing such skills. Critical thinking can contribute in constructing arguments, improving problem solving skills and developing communication skills. Education of Informatics and critical thinking have a strong relationship since students cannot develop skills related to Informatics if they cannot think critically. Therefore, within the Informatics textbooks the cultivation of critical thinking skills should be promoted. The present paper aims to determine to what extent the cultivation of critical thinking skills is promoted in the Informatics textbook of the first class of the Greek Lyceum. The method that was used is the Quantitative Content Analysis. The findings of the present research revealed that within the examined textbook cultivating critical thinking skills is not promoted sufficiently.