Writing on thinking, learning, and how the mind makes sense of the world.
Most books about critical thinking you can find today are either collections of puzzles or lessons about argument structure and analysis. These are useful things, but they don’t tackle the core problem: developing the child’s ability to understand how the world really works.
For years, I taught critical thinking by following the dominant practice, but I had a growing feeling that something was off, I could not describe it well, and I confused it with my own insecurities as a young academic. But, then it became personal.
Asking the right question is the starting point of good critical thinking. In this article, I'll share with you a good strategy to help your child learn the skill of asking good questions and develop cutting-edge thinking skills.
If you are a parent right now and you're worried about how the AI will impact your child's future, you should read this. I will give you a list of concepts and ideas you should teach your child to make them flourish, rather than perish in the age of AI.
There's no shortage of products that gesture at critical thinking. The question worth asking, before buying anything, is simpler than it sounds: does this curriculum have a theory of what thinking actually is?
Your child's school is almost certainly not teaching them how to think. That job falls to you, and the good news is, it's not as hard as it sounds, if you start with the right structure.
