Critical Thinking petition
January 18th, 2009
See: Critical Thinking petition.
A new petition has been started to petition the Prime Minister to introduce Critical Thinking as part of the core curriculum in primary and secondary schools.
From the petition’s creator:
Critical Thinking is an essential skill, providing a mental tool-kit to help the thinker tell fact from fantasy. It is also a skill which is sadly lacking within the general population. We have it within our power to arm the next generation against quacks, frauds and charlatans by teaching critical thinking in British schools. Educate our children today so they won’t be taken for gullible fools tomorrow by internet scammers, bogus medical treatments, magical thinking or confirmation bias.
