Examples Are Critical To Thinking Well
Examples are important in thinking well. They are, after all, the source of our concepts and ideas. They keep us focused on reality, and help …
Education
We Need The Ecological Approach To Visual Perception
Here are some good podcast episodes by Dr. Rob Gray about the work of JJ Gibson, who developed the Ecological Approach.
How To Improve Your Thinking and Creativity, 2
Another good video, with great advice from Richard Feynman.
Mainstream Education Is Broken — How Do We Fix It?
Thoughts on improving education —so we end our children can have better lives.
How To Improve Your Thinking and Creativity
Amen. This is how it should be done. Not that “direct instruction“ is wrong or anything like that, it’s just a small part of the …
Think For Yourself
Amen. Rational, logical thought is a sacred “obligation” and practice. We should each practice it. We should help each other with it. It should be …
MLK Was Right on Education
As Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote: Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s …
Bad School Management/Administration: An Example
As this post on Quora illustrates, sometimes good teachers are eliminated by bad managers/administrators. Such managers/administrators should be rooted out, disciplined, and, if necessary, fired …
How To Explain
We go to a training session or meet with a boss, but no one comes out understanding what they were attempting to explain. Why is …
Three Essential Skills of Root-cause Analysis and Problem-solving
To improve at root-cause analysis and problem solving, we need to improve our reasoning skills, Q&A skills, and curiosity. They are essential. Questioning Asking and …