In the past 50y, I find that our education systems* have increasingly moved away from teaching students how to think critically and toward learning lots of useful facts and processes. Hugely detrimental!
Obviously I'm as guilty as the next person of mdoing this (I'm sure!), but I was very lucky to do my undergrad at MIT in the 90s, where critical thinking, gathering evidence, seeking alternative explanations for things, etc., was just part of the environment. I didn't know that I was learning to think critically, but I did. It's probably the most important thing I got from MIT.
* in the 3 countries I've lived in: Canada, US, UK
Really good article! Thank you.
In the past 50y, I find that our education systems* have increasingly moved away from teaching students how to think critically and toward learning lots of useful facts and processes. Hugely detrimental!
Obviously I'm as guilty as the next person of mdoing this (I'm sure!), but I was very lucky to do my undergrad at MIT in the 90s, where critical thinking, gathering evidence, seeking alternative explanations for things, etc., was just part of the environment. I didn't know that I was learning to think critically, but I did. It's probably the most important thing I got from MIT.
* in the 3 countries I've lived in: Canada, US, UK