Teachers often focus too much on content, and not enough on critical thinking. We need to be doing bhothools with subject knowledge and those critical thinking scisls in school education. Acreage can give students an opportunity to learn about the world outside of their comfort zone.
Lauren Bellaera discusses critical thinking in theory and practice on episode 377 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
When you’re teaching students, you have limited time. So all of the time you’re making particular pedagogical choices about where to focus.
-Lauren Bellaera
When teaching, we tend to like to put things in a dichotomy.
-Lauren Bellaera
Critical thinking is a really important life skill.
-Lauren Bellaera
The bridging between research and practice is very important.
-Lauren Bellaera