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What is critical thinking and how do we teach it?

A recent paper commissioned by the NSW Department of Education sheds light on the importance of critical thinking skills in the future, strategies to teach critical thinking and the kinds of programs that do and don’t work. It should come as no surprise that critical thinking skills have always been important, but as technologies such as AI, automation and algorithms become ubiquitous and affect both our agency and perception of ‘truth’, such skills will become absolutely necessary.
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How can teachers can teach the critical thinking skills if teachers are not allowed to practice critical thinking???? The PLC (professional learning communities), the new American way that came to some Australian schools, is the example of silencing teachers and removing the ones who express their opinion. There is no point of teaching critical thinking in Australia!