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RE: Critical Thinking: The OTHER "National Deficit?"
It does sadly seem like a "dying art." I wish there were more attention paid to such basic skills as just "problem solving." Here you are, facing some challenging situation... how do you find answers and make an intelligent and informed choice, based on the available information.
Nobody seems to care. And the cynic in me keeps thinking that people are being taught that the answer to everything is "whatever FEELS good." And that usually involves the sale of some product or substance...
I have a small measure of optimism with the idea that make home schooling will make some inroads... on the other hand, the state doesn't like having its control mechanisms fooled with...
I hear you.
'Radical Unschooling' is an interesting concept that seems to have picked up some small level of traction with rather extraordinary results.
What I find interesting about the 'radical unschooling' approach is that the basic principles seem to be rooted in common sense....in a very natural kind of way....where we have a 'natural learning ability'...and our ability to develop such skills/abilities is quite 'normal/natural'