This study is aims to explore the barriers and potential solutions from primary school teachers to develop critical thinking among students. Paul and Elder’s Critical Thinking model was adapted, aligned with cognitive learning aspects to develop students thinking skills. Qualitative approaches were used in this study to identify the barriers, potential solutions to overcome the barriers, and the importance of developing primary school critical thinkers. Six primary school teachers teaching in SJKT schools in Sentul District Kuala Lumpur were chosen using the purposive sampling method. Three research instruments were employed, which are interview, questionnaire and focus group discussion. NVivo software were used to analyse the data. The findings of this study underline five themes on the barriers to critical thinking at the primary school level which include, (a) critical thinking in primary school, (b) problem-solving in daily life, (c) primary school teachers teaching me.....

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