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PEDAGOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF FOSTERING CREATIVE THINKING IN STUDENTS

Creative thinking, creativity, creative competence, student, pedagogical foundation, independent thinking, problem-based learning, innovative educational technologies, open-ended task, PISA.

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This article analyzes the pedagogical foundations for fostering creative thinking in students. The theoretical basis of the study comprises
the perspectives of Uzbek and international scholars on creativity, independent thinking, and innovative education. The research employed
methods such as the theoretical analysis of scientific literature, comparative analysis, content analysis, and generalization. In addition to
examining Uzbek-language pedagogical sources—specifically works such as Fundamentals of Pedagogical Competence and Creativity by
N.A. Muslimov et al., Applied Foundations of Pedagogical Technologies by O‘.Q. Tolipov and M. Usmonboyeva, and Innovative
Technologies for Developing Text-Creation Competence in Students by T. Ziyadova—the study reviewed research by J.P. Guilford, E.P.
Torrance, and the OECD. Furthermore, the results of the PISA 2022 Creative Thinking assessment were analyzed, and the creative thinking
performance of students in Uzbekistan was compared with international results.