South Africa’s minibus taxi industry contains extensive knowledge, organisation and social practices developed by the people who work in and depend on it.
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More inclusive history teaching doesn’t just add new topics to the curriculum, it values the languages of all learners.
When AI hands us an answer, we risk bypassing the process through which learning happens.
Do you actually know how a bicycle or a zipper work, or what a penny or a common brand logo look like? Intellectual humility can help reduce overconfidence in what you don’t understand.
When a hobby becomes something larger, with a focus on improving skills and developing deep knowledge, it can deliver surprising rewards.
Real skeptics study the evidence and ask questions, rather than taking political dogma on faith. Experiencing disasters can open more eyes to the risks.
We need to understand what AI means for how knowledge is created.
Wikipedia is built on a “neutral point of view”. But who decides what neutral means?
Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human skills that machines still struggle to copy.
In a world overwhelmed by information, there is comfort in clean answers and predictive models. But what we need most is the courage to ask questions.
More than a century of evidence suggests that bureaucrats, at their best, stand for expertise, fairness and public service.
Wikipedia’s editors and articles reflect and reinforce a lack of diversity.
Chinese learners achieve remarkable success levels compared to their Western peers. But it’s not simply based on rote learning and passive education. The reality is more complex – and more creative.
We shouldn’t expect anyone to know everything.
The cycle of opportunity and prestige for historically advantaged institutions leaves historically Black institutions on the back foot.
Pisa measures 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years - but is that the best way to test an education system?
Being aware of ignorance and fallibility can make people more teachable, and perhaps it could make people feel helpless and disempowered.
Getting serious about protecting global biodiversity requires not just policy but a revolution in how we talk about, and with, our planet’s forests.
When people hear the term ‘liberal arts,’ it may sound like a phrase with political overtones. A scholar of literature explains why that’s wrong and takes a closer look at its origin and meaning.
Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides’ assumptions – or his own.
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Associate Dean (Education & Student Experience) Faculty of Business & Law, Royal Holloway, University of London
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South African Research Chair in Teacher Education; Director of Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) & Professor of International Education and Development Policy (University of Sussex, UK), Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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