Smartphones are undoubtedly a distraction to learning. We should keep an open mind about the school ban and give teachers and students time to see what works.
A favorite class focuses on the tendency to see meaningful patterns where there aren’t any, such as constellations of stars.
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A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical thinking and skepticism don’t stop when they leave the lab.
Key education policy decisions in the early 2000s have not produced the desired results. But broad bipartisan agreement is now needed to give children and teachers the greatest chance of success.
In the movie ‘WALL-E ,’ the technology-coddled humans of the future weren’t doing so well.
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Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
AI has the potential to diminish the human experience in several ways. One particularly concerning threat is to the ability to make thoughtful decisions.
Zayd Waghid, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
It is crucial to cultivate teachers who are socially aware and critical, especially in today’s unequal society
The brains behind the popular photography newsletter is Nigerian writer, editor, publisher, and art critic Emmanuel Iduma.
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Maya Defianty, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and Kate Wilson, University of Canberra
When teaching critical thinking, teachers still fall back on old habits ingrained in Indonesian education. This includes a culture of rote learning and “teaching to test”.
That students can cheat more efficiently with ChatGPT does not warrant claims about the death of the student essay.
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Answers are all the rage in the information age. However, to become wise we will need to learn to formulate better questions.
Teachers can get their pupils thinking about different ways to create sustainable livelihoods through something as simple as a vegetable garden at school.
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You can still tell the truth without ruining everyone’s Easter. Here are some tips.
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe demonstrate against the war in Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France.
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Today’s journalism students are less likely to find full-time jobs as professional journalists. The craft has become ‘post-industrial’, entrepreneurial and atypical.
However Rodgers came to his decision to remain unvaccinated, he did not follow the tenets of critical thinking.
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Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Critical thinking means seeking out new information – especially facts that might run contrary to what you believe – and being willing to change your mind. And it’s a teachable skill.
Dana and David Dornsife Professor of Psychology and Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences