In a world where the 2016 Oxford Dictionaries word of the year was “post-truth” pertaining to...
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking: simple strategies promise significant gains
[Opinion piece] There is growing research supporting not only the personal value of improved...
The power of lateral reading
How we consume and read content has changed, in large part because the way that content is...
Critical thinking: is Estonia offering a model education system?
Authored by Educational Leader John Snell, UK Headteacher, & advisor to the Open Minds...
Critical Thinking and Meaning while Dialoging with Groups Like Jehovah’s Witnesses
Article supplied by Robert Compton | June 2021 In this paper I want to reflect upon how we use...
Teaching Teenage Students about Undue Influence
We are always on the lookout for best practice examples of educating teenage students about the...
When the Alarm Sounds
Imagine you are at work. You are sitting at your desk, engrossed in a task. Suddenly the fire...
Cognitive Dissonance at Work
Knowing how cognitive dissonance works is the key to understanding why the human brain is so...
Our Susceptibility to Undue Influence
It is not just the Internet that is rife with scams. Trickery is an aspect of human nature, and it...
News: Fake or Real? Try the Scientific Approach
As you scroll through your social media wall you encounter an article someone shares that sends...
Foucault’s Hair – Part Two: Cults and Multiculturalism
The reduction in slavery, exploitation, abuse, humiliation, and physical and psychological...
Foucault’s Hair – Part One: Two Frenchmen
If I said that the thing I most appreciate about Michel Foucault is his hairstyle, surely someone...