Technology Teacher 07/26/2016

• Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin | Edutopia

  • Decisions about joining the military, becoming a parent or choosing a career have indelible effects on a person's life. An inability to think critically at an early age can have devastating consequences.
  • Every educator is in a position to teach students how to gather information, evaluate it, screen out distractions and think for themselves.
  • but also the obligation to incorporate critical thinking into his or her subject area

• What Should Be Taught About War in the Gulf? - NYTimes.com

  • Everyone is interested in getting as much information as possible
  • wanted to talk about the war he was told by several teachers that now was not the time
  • I just think that if the schools can teach the kids, then it would help out a lot in kids' emotional feelings

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