Critical Thinking

MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

By: Jonathan Haber

Narrated by: Joel Richards

Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given our propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking?

Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science. He examines the components of critical thinking, including structured thinking, language skills, background knowledge, and information literacy, along with such necessary intellectual traits as intellectual humility, empathy, and open-mindedness. He discusses how research has defined critical thinking, how elements of critical thinking have been taught for centuries, and how educators can teach critical thinking skills now.

Haber argues that the most important critical thinking issue today is that not enough people are doing enough of it. Fortunately, critical thinking can be taught, practiced, and evaluated. This book offers a guide for teachers, students, and aspiring critical thinkers everywhere, including advice for educational leaders and policy makers on how to make the teaching and learning of critical thinking an educational priority and practical reality.

©2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (P)2020 Gildan Media

People are afraid to think for themselves nowadays!!

If you have an open mind and are willing to think for yourself this is a good listen!

This was an excellent overview of the process of critical thinking.

The author described the process of thinking critically clearly, and related it its importance to life in the real world. I highly recommend it.

I decided not to finsh it.

I acquired this book in an effort to improve my critical thinking but it failed to meet my expectations. The part of it that I listened to involved too much of the Authors opinions to keep my attention. My desire was to learn the principals of critical thinking and to hear substantiated facts related to the topic. If I wanted to hear opinions and Political views I could watch a Youtube video or read an article. My conclusion is that if you are looking for a book on Critical thinking shared from an objective point of view, this book is probably not what you are looking for.

100% polotical propaganda

This book is all about political bias, the very OPPOSITE of critical thinking 🤔