Raising critical thinkers : a parent's guide to growing wise kids in the digital age

Authors:Julie Bogart (Author), Barbara A. Oakley

Summary:"A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age". Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what they read and see. Amid the noise, it has become increasingly important to examine different perspectives with both curiosity and discernment. But how do parents teach these skills to their children? Drawing on more than twenty years' experience homeschooling and developing curricula, Julie Bogart offers practical tools to help children at every stage of development to grow in their ability to explore the world around them, examine how their loyalties and biases affect their beliefs, and generate fresh insight rather than simply recycling what they've been taught. Full of accessible stories and activities for children of all ages, Raising Critical Thinkers helps parents to nurture passionate learners with thoughtful minds and empathetic hearts

Print Book, English, 2022

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Publisher: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [New York, New York], 2022

Genre:Self-help publications

Physical Description:xxi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780593192283, 0593192281

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1293659968

Subjects:

Children and the Internet

Critical thinking in children

EDUCATION / Home Schooling