A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Critical Thinking in the Curriculum of Secondary Education: Perspectives of Curriculum Specialists

The main purpose of education, training should be creative and thoughtful people. Critical thinking is a new model of educational system. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the qualitative barriers to critical thinking in the curriculum of secondary education from the perspective of curriculum specialists. The trend of this qualitative research is a GT method. The sample of this study included experts who were working at high schools. We selected them through purposive sampling and finally based on data saturation we selected 18 of them. Data collection was conducted through structured interview. The results of this qualitative study showed that issues such as policies and missions of the educational system and the social, cultural, and prevailing circumstances in the field of teacher training, content, objectives and teaching method are the barriers of critical thinking.The results of this qualitative study showed that issues such as policies and missions of the educational system and the social, cultural, and prevailing circumstances in the field of teacher training, content, objectives and teaching method are the barriers of critical thinking.