Development of Critical Thinking in University Teachers. A Qualitative Approach

This article is the result of a research with teachers of the Psychology program at the University of Narino, the objective was the development of critical thinking in those teachers. The study was proposed under the parameters of an action research. The results show that this kind of thinking is necessary for all professionals and that the best way to develop is working with university teachers as they future professionals. In this sense, the results show that it is feasible to develop critical thinking in teachers and motivating them to progress on it and implement it with their students. It was found that teachers visualize this need not only for what was stated in the Higher Education Colombian Law, which works for developing critical attitudes but also with the aim to develop argumentative skills, making decisions by themselves, working for common goals, learning from each other, knowing about refuting ideas and further distinguish other-person's-being from their personal positions, to avoid confrontations and personal discordance.