Discussion Post Response

1.       Why critical thinking is important to teach to kids? Why arent most teachers teaching critical thinking skills to kids?

2.     How has the pandemic negatively impacted the educational experience for children and what should educators do about it?

Dewey, J. (1966). Democracy and education. Free Press/Macmillan.

3.     Dewey believed that Plato would not support the government’s current role in present-day education. Dewey questions if it is possible for an educational system to be conducted by a national state and yet the full social ends of the educative process not be restricted, constrained, and corrupted? (p. 53).  Give 1 example that supports this ( how Christopher Columbus was taught in schools incorrectly for years)