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Ideologically, I agree. Reality doesn't look too great though. >I want to live in a world where we’re forced to teach our kids critical thinking skills than i
by nickfromseattle 6y ago
Ideologically, I agree.
Reality doesn't look too great though.
>I want to live in a world where we’re forced to teach our kids critical thinking skills than in a world that relies on controlling the flow of information.
Technology has evolved faster than our ability to create a society of critical thinkers.
>Let’s have articles about making critical thinking a required school class as is with English, math, US history, etc. Than Zuck is not blocking this or that.
Education seems to vary state by state, for example Texas elected to eliminate classes that teach critical thinking.
"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."[0]
So if Americans are generally lacking critical thinking skills, and for various reasons those skills will never be taught or learned, do you still want to let propaganda and fake news run unabated?
[0] https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2012/06/texas_gop_no_more_critical_thinking.html https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2012/06/texas...