How to Teach Critical Thinking in an Era of Misinformation, Irrationality, and Rigidly-Held Beliefs

How do we teach critical thinking when reason, evidence, and logic are increasingly displaced with an unwillingness to examine facts that conflict with our strongly-held beliefs.

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Dara Laws Savage is a 26-year educator from the great state of Delaware. She has served on numerous local, regional, and state committees, and has been Teacher of the Year in two different districts. She is an Emeritus national faculty member of PBLWorks, and is presently the English 9 teacher and Instructional Coach at the Early College High School at Delaware State University while working on her doctorate. Dara is a proud Board of Education member for the Seaford School District (alumna) and the owner of Savage Educational Consulting. Meg Riordan, Ph.D. is the Chief Learning Officer for The Possible Project, entrepreneurship and work-based learning program that works to advance economic equity by supporting young people to develop an entrepreneurial spirit, skills, and networks to launch successful careers. She has been in the field of education for almost 30 years as a middle and high school teacher, ELL instructor, college professor, Regional Director of NYC Outward Bound Schools, and Director of External Research with EL Education. She was a Deeper Learning Equity Fellow and her research focuses on teacher professional learning, equity, experiential learning, and scaling-up school designs. Patrick Brown is executive director of STEM for the Fort Zumwalt School District and author of the National Science Teaching Association best-selling book series Instructional Sequence Matters.