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The same skills and talents that enable chess players to dominate the board will also serve aspiring lawyers well in the courtroom, a law scholar argues.
The point of an argument can become lost when debating climate change. Greta Thunberg show us how to stay on-topic.
Teaching children philosophy can help improve academic results. But the main reason it should be used in schools is it allows children a space to make sense of the world, and meaning in their lives.
Some people argue the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, you just need to keep looking. But there are occasions where finding no evidence is all you can do.
To assess problem-solving, creative and critical thinking skills on NAPLAN would fit with broader movements in education internationally, but there are some questions to address first.
The recently released Gonski report contains a recommendation to supporting teacher collaboration. Researchers in Queensland have been conducting research on how design thinking can foster this.
The role of general capabilities in a subject-based curriculum has been a recurring theme in Australian curriculum history.
Education systems around the world are increasingly recognising the value of local approaches to thinking, learning and being.
Financial literacy is more than numeracy, it requires a healthy scepticism of financial institutions and confidence in making financial decisions.
The establishment of science centres for young people is one of many initiatives hoped to fix South Africa’s education system.
Five novels for young adults that boldly tackle tough issues - from racism, to Indigenous identity and the Holocaust - to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and at home.
Thanks to new deep-learning techniques, AI has the potential to analyse, improve and contribute to the process of human discussion.
A new survey reveals that while most young Australians get news from online sources, they lack the skills to distinguish fake news.
Good financial decision making is about more than avoiding debt or having a budget, it’s about critically analysing your options.
A report has discovered that while students born after 1980 have good digital skills, they need to think more critically about what they read online.
For decades, African universities have placed greater focus on what they teach, rather than how they teach it. But the job market now demands graduates that have been taught to think, not regurgitate
Logic, science and critical thinking are working miracles for non-believers.
Your ideas are not immune to criticism just because you express them with sincerity: people are worthy of respect, ideas are not.
It’s not what you think you know, but how you can justify your knowledge that is most important.
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Senior lecturer, North-West University
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Professor in Philosophy, Director of the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
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Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Senior Lecturer Mathematics Education, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, The EthicsLab, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Education, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Doctoral Trainee in Digital Civics, Newcastle University
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Assistant Director of the Adult Literacy Research Center, Georgia State University