Critical thinking is a 21st-century essential — here’s how to help kids learn it

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If we want children to thrive in our complicated world, we need to teach them how to think, says educator Brian Oshiro. And we can do it with 4 simple questions.

1. Go beyond “what?” — and ask “how?” and “why?”

2. Follow it up with “How do you know this?”

3. Prompt them to think about how their perspective may differ from other people’s.

4. Finally, ask them how to solve this problem.

Reference: https://ideas.ted.com/critical-thinking-is-a-21st-century-essential-heres-how-to-help-kids-learn-it/?fbclid=IwAR3BMgYg2Rti6Oy_3hDEUulxQ4T5j38RapRgkGjcNcD_toCgfo6T38sPsBM