4 Ways To Enhance Critical Thinking Skills
eSchool News, April 17th, 2023
We should teach our students to adopt critical thinking as a daily practice, and we should model it for them and others whenever possible
Critical thinking is plainly in decline. Everywhere we look, people are uncritically consuming and spreading information that is distorted, misleading, and sometimes intentionally deceptive. Conspiracy thinking is rampant-QAnon, Alex Jones and the Sandy Hook shooting, Pizzagate, and unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud are just a few of the most notorious examples. The very foundations of our democracy are arguably at risk when millions are willing to believe irrational and unfounded claims.