2006-07-07 08:33:42 · 12 answers · asked by rodneycrater 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
In response to StarDigital: excellent comment - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=teaching+critical+thinking
2006-07-07 08:56:08 · update #1
Well, there certainly doesn't seem to be much critical thinking going on in America as a whole and in our public school system in particular. Critical thinking is apparently not part of All Kids Left Behind.
Why not start with the lump o lead that posted the suggestion we nuke No. Korea. Ten to one it is a 20 something that wrote that. Are we not teaching what happened in Hiroshima and why we no longer do open air tests??
2006-07-07 08:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by JOHN T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are many things that should be taught to students..
unfortunately they are not and by the time schools want to teach us something-like in high school, or senior year- it is sometimes too late... although i think paren'ts are responsible for teaching their children certain things, they arent always the best source for learning.. students need to be taught at a young age that they should care about world events, that they should have a mind of their own and come up with their own opinions instead of going with the crowd... it seems like today people are more caught up in their own little world that they cant seem to think about whats going on in the real world and that's sad because it's what the younger generation picks up on..that whats happening around us isn't important enough...
2006-07-07 08:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by SunnyDegoBabe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...yes and yes.
And it needs to start with parents teaching their children.
It is unique in most religiously-observant Jews.
As the children prepare for their Bat/Bar Mitzvah, discuss Torah, they are immersed in critical thinking.
Non-Jewish parents could take a hint from their Jewish parent counter-parts.
2006-07-07 08:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by docscholl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and you should become a teacher so you can improve the world in that way. I did. Yes, yes, yes. You can make this difference for all the kids you teach.
2006-07-07 08:36:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sufi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it sounds like a good idea, but I would appreciate it if the someone who answered this question spoke about how to do this?
Is this like Edward de Bono?
Who Else is out there like that?
2006-07-07 08:52:27 · answer #5 · answered by stardigital 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more thinking the future generations do the less chance of major problems.
2006-07-07 08:46:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-We need to resurrect Socratic thought.
-We need to teach History. Not my history, not your history, THE History.
-We need to take the education of the children away from the politicians.
-We need teachers with REAL DEGREES not "Teaching Degrees".
-We need demanding standards in education and testing. If little Johny cant read he doesnt pass.
-If your students fail, its not their failure to learn. Its your failure to teach.
-Teach reading, writing, arithmatic and science. Everything else is Elective classes.
2006-07-07 08:54:38 · answer #7 · answered by j03y67 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely
I don't think I have known a generation so uncared for, uneducated or unskilled.
Knowledge is power
2006-07-07 09:42:53 · answer #8 · answered by windycitywitch2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally !
2006-07-07 08:38:39 · answer #9 · answered by newyorker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely ! Before they are sent of to college to be brain washed by professors.
2006-07-07 08:36:58 · answer #10 · answered by Luchador 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋