Desarrollo del pensamiento crítico por medio de aplicación multimedia en la asignatura de Educación Artística orientada a los estudiantes del Primer Año de Bachillerato

Abstract

This research aimed to develop an interactive CD to systematize the use of multimedia to develop critical thinking in the subject of Artistic Education in the students of Higher Technological Institute of Music Gral. Vicente Anda Aguirre. It was synthesized, a theoretical basis on the two variables of study, critical thinking and multimedia, sought to measure them using for critical thinking the test of Watson Glaser, an instrument that has been tested and validated and whose results before and after experimenting with the multimedia got the opportunity to prove the hypothesis using the chi square, linking with the academic performance of the subject of aesthetic culture because their contents are related to skills in development of critical thinking and are well suited to scheduled measurement. The research results show that there is a low level of cultivation of critical thinking within the research institution, level which changed positively from 22.894% to 56.238%, which is reflected in improved performance of the subject of aesthetic culture of 17.39% to 89.13%. It is concluded that the multimedia can be a defining element of the development of critical thinking in the student, taking into account the results of the research sample and its possibility to transfer or replicate the process in other universes. It is recommended that educational institutions invest time and resources in implementing multimedia as learning element for the development of the new model of student thinking, initially in the treatment of aesthetic culture, and then in the other subjects.