Critical literacy

Education is not the filling of a vessel, rather the kindling of a fire.

Visual literacy explicitly teaches a collection of competencies that will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures.

I strove to overcome students’ beliefs that they are not allowed to think and, in the process, created more playful courses.

Critical thinkers characteristics differentiate them from crowd. Six characteristics of a critical thinker to evaluate your critical thinking skill sets.

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Critical thinking questions depend on what's being 'thought about,' but one universal example includes, 'How do I know what I think I know?'

Teaching questioning to primary readers can be challenging. I recently released a new edition of Concrete Comprehension for Primary Readers:

What is Critical Thinking? There are many definitions of critical thinking, in its most basic form, it is about being […]

Whether via classroom discussions, analysis of written text, higher-order questioning, or other strategies, learn and share ways to help students go deeper with their thinking.