Using fairy stories to develop critical thinking
A recent study in The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy on using fairy stories in primary schools has highlighted that such stories can be
October 27, 2022
Critical Thinking is the skill of examining the possible significance of claims (statistical claims, historical claims, other evidence-claims, predictions, recommendations, and principles). In this connection, it’s worth noting two points made many hundreds of years apart but which fit well with this central feature of Critical Thinking.
The first is from the Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c.55-135). ‘Men are not moved by things, but the views they take of them.’
The second is from Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944). ‘The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.’
A recent study in The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy on using fairy stories in primary schools has highlighted that such stories can be
It is very encouraging to read that, in a recent report by Brookings (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2022/10/20/americans-broadly-support-teaching-about-most-controversial-topics-in-the-classroom/?utm_campaign=Brown%20Center%20on%20Education%20Policy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=231153862&utm_source=hs_email), the vast majority of adults in the US believe that children