Among the priorities of the 21st-century education and school, and therefore, of teachers as well,
is developing students' creative skills, teaching them to take advantage of diverse information and educational resources, to find quickly new and reliable information, which they need in order to manage their learning tasks and life problems. This “navigation” through information is one of the important research skills are needed by the young citizens of the technologized, dynamic world and must be purposefully formed and developed. This means that teachers themselves have to acquire and develop these skills, and the place where this should be accomplished is the university.
The aim of this article is to present the experience of the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in developing students’ research skills through assignments for self- dependent work. The paper provides an analysis of the students’ opinions included in three studies: of the University Center for Quality Management, of a research team within an intra-university project, and a survey conducted by the author.
The conclusion is that, according to the students, basic university training is sufficient to develop their research and creative skills through various forms of individual and group work, in line with the skills necessary for 21st-century teachers.