Which of the following things do you think teachers should do to improve their students’ critical thinking? Give reasons.
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- offer explicit advice
- engage people in conversations about morality and society
- probe their students’ logic and reveal its flaws
- ask insightful questions
- categorize (or label) something as right and wrong, just and unjust
- challenge their students’ biases
- show off their superior intellect
- be modest and genuinely curious
- be affirming of every contribution their students make to a discussion
- help students to spot and eliminate contradictions or circular logic in their reasoning