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Raising Critical Thinkers
- A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age
- Narrated by: Julie Bogart, Nancy Linari
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Publisher's 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 20 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.
This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains exercises from the book.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
What the critics say
“In a world where too many people think they know what isn’t so, there are few skills more vital than critical thinking and rethinking. This is the guide parents need to teach their kids to become thoughtful consumers of information.” –Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again
“Julie Bogart is a brilliant educator who’s written a wonderful book that shows us how to nurture children’s ability to think critically and carefully. Each chapter offers dozens of questions, lessons, and exercises for helping learners understand their biases, evaluate the sources from which they get information, and consider other perspectives. These tools can enable students from kindergarten through high school to experience the joys of discovery and insight, and they can help young people grow into compassionate adults who want to make a positive contribution to their world. Read this book and use it. Your children and students will thank you, and you’ll learn a lot about yourself, too!” —William Stixrud, PhD, bestselling coauthor of The Self-Driven Child
"There is no one I know whose wise counsel I would trust more than Julie Bogart when it comes to teaching our children (and ourselves!) how to think. Critical thinking has never been more important, and Julie arrived just when we needed her. This book is a must for anyone who wants to raise children to be thoughtful, kind, and independent." —Sharon McMahon, creator of Sharon Says So
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- Lori
- 2023-07-31
interesting, not only for children
I think more of us adults need to apply some of the exercises in this book. I was specifically listening to it as I relates to homeschooling a teen but I found lots of insights that I can and should apply myself.
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- Samantha
- 2022-07-14
Growth is here!
This book! I couldn’t listen to a chapter without constantly having my mind blown, and looking for ways to exercise my critical thinking muscles!
I’m glad I listened. Now I’m going to also buy the physical copy. I truly believe it should be on every personal bookshelf! What a tool for growth ❤️
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