Raising critical thinkers : a parent's guide to growing wise kids in the digital age / Julie Bogart ; [foreword by Barbara Oakley, PhD].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogart, Julie, 1961- author.

Oakley, Barbara A., 1955- author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical thinking in children.

Parenting.

Internet and children.

Medical Subjects:

Parenting.

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Physical Description:

xxi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]

Summary:

"A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age". Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what they read and see. Amid the noise, it has become increasingly important to examine different perspectives with both curiosity and discernment. But how do parents teach these skills to their children? Drawing on more than twenty years' experience homeschooling and developing curricula, Julie Bogart offers practical tools to help children at every stage of development to grow in their ability to explore the world around them, examine how their loyalties and biases affect their beliefs, and generate fresh insight rather than simply recycling what they've been taught. Full of accessible stories and activities for children of all ages, Raising Critical Thinkers helps parents to nurture passionate learners with thoughtful minds and empathetic hearts.

Contents:

Part 1: What Is a Critical Thinker? Says Who?

Separating the Facts from Their Fictions

Curiouser and Curiouser: A Problem-Posing Education

Keen Observation: Through the Looking Glass

Critical Thinking Starts with Caring

Identity: The Force to Reckon With

Part 2: Read, Experience, Encounter: A Real Education. Reading: Up Close and Personal

Reading: Go Slow to Go Deep

Experience: Entering More Intimate Territory

Encounter: Overwhelm That Overturns

Part 3: The Rhetorical Imagination. The Surprising Role of Self-Awareness in Critical Thinking

The Art of Interpretation

The Courage to Change Your Mind.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bogart, Julie. Raising critical thinkers

ISBN:

9780593192283

0593192281

OCLC:

1293659968

Publisher Number:

99993926989