In the era of AI and the internet, educational systems must urgently shift away from rote memorisation and toward independent ...

Education systems need to focus more on independent critical thinking and rational, evidence-based learning and problem-solving to find answers to many of the unprecedented environmental, social, and ...

Whenever school holidays loom, many parents find themselves caught in an emotional tug-of-war: on the one hand, relief at bidding farewell to homework battles ...

Education systems need to focus more on independent critical thinking and rational, evidence-based learning and problem-solving to find answers to ...

Fully supporting students means explicitly teaching them critical thinking, Louis E. Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group).

In the year-plus since ChatGPT made its public debut, there’s been much speculation about how generative AI tools will transform education—or even destroy it, as some critics have cautioned. However, ...

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

I recently enjoyed the opportunity to give a talk on Integrating Critical Thinking into Educational Settings to fellow university educators from a diverse range of disciplines—all with the common ...

From New York to Texas, the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping U.S. colleges have become a flashpoint for viral disinformation, from falsely attributed “Jewish genocide” chants to debunked claims of ...

In teaching Smith’s new journalism course, reporter Nancy Cohen brings front-line experience—as well as big-picture questions—to the classroom. Her Journalism: Principles and Practice course focuses ...

The last four years seem to have frayed the social fabric of this country more than any period in my lifetime. Distrust of media, government, and each other is running high; passions are inflamed; and ...