In a recent interview in the ‘Financial Times’, Sara Miller McCune, the co-founder (with her husband) of the renowned publishing group Sage, has stressed the central value of being able to think critically. As she says, ‘I don’t see how either an individual or society can flourish without education: without learning to think critically and politically, and to follow arguments.’
Critical thinking needed for success
In a recent publication by the Brookings Institute, ‘Competencies for the 21st century’, the importance of these competencies has been stressed. As it explains, ‘The