Critical Thinking

MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

De: Jonathan Haber

Narrado por: Joel Richards

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!

Sometimes good sometimes not

Chapters 1 and 2 are excellent. Other chapters not so.

Purchasing the book for the first 2 chapters is worth the money in itself

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.

No pdf...

How can an audiobook reference so many charts and diagrams but not have the pdf of the materials included

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 🤔

This is liberal BS

As a person with a reasonable background and academics, I can tell you that this person is absolutely out of their league. What are the worst waste of times that I’ve ever had I would not buy this book. I would not listen to the Audible. I would send this person back to grammar school. This is why the school system is as bad as it is as it is currently.