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Critical Thinking in Massachusetts Schools |
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Written by Rich Ludwig
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:35 |
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Brian Ashmankas of Examiner.com wrote an excellent article about how public education lacks critical thinking. Public schools often teach knowledge and not thinking skills. Ashmankas uses the analogy of teaching a person to fish rather than giving them fish. If you teach students to reason rather than teaching them answers society, individuals, and the world would be much richer. These statements are somewhat over simplified for example many people are able to be critical about set subjects, however, people do not apply that critical thinking across the board. None the less critical thinking should be taught and that is a step in the right direction. Every one should be calling for critical thinking to be taught in their state.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:47 |
