Should We Teach Critical Thinking?
Miguel Guhlin,
Around the Corner,
Jul 29, 2021
The answer, of course, is "yes", but the observation is that we do not, in fact, teach critical thinking, at least, not to younger students. But I think that if recent evidence proves anything, it is that we should be teaching it. What I like about the approach described in this article is that it doesn't (like so many other popular posts) talk about finding and relying on the proper authorities. It instead follows Simon Bradley's and Nicole Price's Critical Thinking and offers a method outlining the sorts of questions people - anyone - can ask. "We are looking for inconsistencies. The things that will not stand up to reason need further investigation."
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