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Thomas Kelley-Kemple; Critical Thinking. Harvard Educational Review 1 March 2021; 91 (1): 133–135. doi: https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-91.1.133a

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In the preface to Critical Thinking, Jonathan Haber notes that the term critical thinking has become a hallmark of almost any set of educational goals set out in the past thirty years. Yet, the myriad politicians, policy makers, indus-try leaders, and educators who cite the importance of critical thinking as an essential twenty-first-century skill rarely offer a concrete definition or set of criteria for what mastering this all-important skill means. Individual state standards or standards that do detail what is meant by critical thinking are rarely read by the general public. Even teachers may only view the standards amid a litany of other standards and skills that must be imparted to students. Haber sets out to fill this gap for a generalist audience. As such, Critical Thinking fits well among other volumes in MIT Press’s Essential Knowledge Series, a collection of volumes that cover specialized topics from a range of disciplines in a nuanced manner suitable for a nonspecialized audience. This orientation is crucial for understanding its strengths and weaknesses as a book that seeks to provide an overview of the history of, the skills required for, and current pedagogical efforts toward developing critical thinking.

Haber begins with the Greek philosophers and moves through the Enlightenment and up to today. Of note for educators is the fact that even in ancient Greece, the skill of critical thinking was not designated as a specialty of philosophers but as a core component of the curriculum of the time. The common thread tying together the various people and movements Haber highlights is their focus on eschewing adherence to traditional understandings or accepted explanations for physical, social, and psychological phenomena and, instead, their willingness to examine and question underlying assumptions that support contemporary dogma. In many ways, this history lesson provides the clearest picture of what Haber means by “critical thinking” throughout the book: a willingness to continually reexamine one’s own beliefs and to engage in that same generous skepticism with others.

The second chapter is perhaps the most technical in the book, as it focuses primarily on introducing the building blocks of formal logic. Although not written directly as a resource for lesson planning, this chapter outlines a number of the concepts that are easily adaptable to units focused on building skills for critical thinking. Haber shows how diagramming an argument in terms of premises and conclusions can help students of all ages understand its structure. Similarly, drawing the distinction between the validity of an argument (Does the form of the argument align with valid logical principles?) and its soundness (Do the premises correspond to reality? or How likely are they to be disproven?) can provide insight into where an argument is weak or how to anticipate attacks against an argument. Beyond this crash course in introductory logic, Haber also highlights other skills that are important for critical thinking, namely language skills, information literacy, and creativity, as well as dispositions that are essential for critical thinkers, such as intellectual humility, intellectual courage, and fair-mindedness.

In the third and final substantive chapter, Haber outlines current approaches to teaching and measuring critical thinking in the US education system. Here Haber notes that the modern movement around explicitly teaching critical thinking can be traced to a 1983 requirement that all students graduating from California state colleges and universities complete a course on critical thinking. Following this, policy makers and curriculum developers have striven to include critical thinking in many of the standards that have been put forth, most notably the Common Core State Standards. In all, Haber highlights how the messaging and expectations around critical thinking instruction have been growing at almost every level of education and argues that this is a welcome trend. At the same time, he points out how the actual implementation of instruction in this area has been uneven and often lags behind the aspirational rhetoric of educational leaders. He makes a convincing case that the process of becoming a critical thinker and honing critical thinking skills is one that should be lifelong and that, in many ways, the best instruction for developing critical thinkers is consistent practice in applying those skills, both as explicit portions of curricula and implicitly throughout other content areas.

In Critical Thinking , Haber illustrates a portrait of a critical thinker that is rather comprehensive. In his telling, critical thinking is not a skill to be applied to specific situations or circumstances but a stance that one has toward almost all subjects and encounters. In many ways, this portrait is compelling. Haber argues that if students and adults approach political, social, and scientific questions with the tools, skills, and virtues outlined in the book, it is likely that US society will focus on how to deal with difficult problems like climate change or systemic racism rather than debating whether these problems exist. He also grapples with alternatives to the paradigm of critical thinking, most notably proponents of group or team thinking who assert that thinking must be conceived of as a social act, compared to the more individualistic endeavor of critical thinking. Haber further points out that there is room for emotion in the critical thinking framework, noting that “by balancing our emotional, intuitive, and reasoning selves, we avoid cutting ourselves off from valuable data required to apply reasoning effectively in a world made up of people rather than machines” (p. 147).

Yet, the book would have benefited from a slightly more nuanced look into the limitations of critical thinking as Haber describes it. Specifically, what questions or types of questions will this approach find difficult or impossible to resolve? While Haber makes a convincing case that applying critical thinking principles to scientific questions should lead us to continually refine our understanding of the world, it is not clear how these tools can be applied to more nebulous political or moral questions where there may be no objective truth. Certainly, thinking critically about one’s own or an opponent’s political and moral arguments can lead to greater understanding, but it is not clear that such understanding will lead to agreement or resolution.

While the rules for building arguments are clearly laid out in this book, the criteria for selecting their foundations are less obvious. While not everyone will work from the same set of basic premises or values, these starting points are critical for understanding the conclusions that people reach. Nor do the tenets of formal logic offer a clear way to engage with these most fundamental beliefs. Critical thinking can help two people analyze each other’s points of view, but it does not help adjudicate between different starting premises, such as the existence of God or even the appropriate role of government in people’s lives. While it is not necessary for Haber to resolve these tensions, an exploration into or an acknowledgment of these limitations would have been helpful for readers of all levels of expertise as they consider ways to incorporate critical thinking skills into their instruction, policy, or daily lives.

Critical Thinking does succeed in providing a thorough yet high-level introduction to historical and modern thought on the topic. Given the current diversity of curricula, standards, and mandates that feature critical thinking as a central component or outcome, it is helpful to have a resource that not only engages with but synthesizes these sources into a coherent whole. Haber welcomes this diversity as a strength and notes that while each of these sources has a slightly different take on critical thinking, there is wide overlap and consensus on many of the core points. He explores the tension between those who say that critical thinking should be taught explicitly as an independent discipline and those who advocate for incorporating critical thinking tasks into other content areas like science, reading, and writing, ultimately concluding that both approaches are necessary and beneficial. Similarly, although he does review and speak positively about a number of assessments that purport to measure critical thinking skills, he reminds the reader that a single assessment can only capture a limited view of a student’s critical thinking skills. If practitioners and policy makers are serious about making critical thinking an educational priority, approaches to its assessment and instruction need to be dealt with comprehensively rather than simply as another standard to be tacked on to an existing framework.

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Critical Thinking (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

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An insightful guide to the practice, teaching, and history of critical thinking—from Aristotle and Plato to Thomas Dewey—for teachers, students, and anyone looking to hone their critical thinking skills.

Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given the propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society.

But what, exactly, is critical thinking? Jonathan Haber explains how the concept of critical thinking emerged, how it has been defined, and how critical thinking skills can be taught and assessed. Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science. He examines the components of critical thinking, including

• structured thinking • language skills  • background knowledge • information literacy • intellectual humility • empathy and open-mindedness

Haber argues that the most important critical thinking issue today is that not enough people are doing enough of it. Fortunately, critical thinking can be taught, practiced, and evaluated. This book offers a guide for teachers, students, and aspiring critical thinkers everywhere, including advice for educational leaders and policy makers on how to make the teaching and learning of critical thinking an educational priority and practical reality.

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Jonathan Haber is an educational researcher, writer and entrepreneur working in the fields of critical-thinking education, assessment, and technology-enabled learning whose work has been featured in the New York Times , the Boston Globe , the Chronicle of Higher Education , and the Wall Street Journal . He is the author of another MIT Press Essential Knowledge book, MOOCS , and The Critical Voter .

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Remembering jonathan haber, who taught so many to think critically, by michael b. horn (columnist)     may 15, 2022.

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Earnest. Decent. Unassuming.

When I think of Jonathan Haber, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack last week, those are the first words that come to mind.

Jonathan, who wrote columns for EdSurge among his many pursuits, was a wonderful thinker, in education and in life.

The recent author of the book Critical Thinking , a topic about which he cared deeply, Haber had contributed in significant ways to a variety of important education projects.

He co-founded the company SkillCheck—an assessment solutions provider and a prescient creation given today’s skills gap—which he later sold. Among his other education related pursuits, Jonathan consulted to HarvardX; was a founding employee at the Woodrow Wilson Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, which is reinventing educator preparation; and helped crosswalk the tens of thousands of math and English Language Arts standards across different states for the IMS Global Learning Consortium’s CASE Network .

More recently, I had connected Jonathan to a friend and coauthor of mine on the paper “ Disrupting Law School ,” Villanova Law Professor Michele Pistone, to help her with the instructional design for the online program she has now launched around immigration training for advocates .

I knew Jonathan would deliver—and a fabulous partnership would result. And it was logistically easy because Jonathan was a friend and neighbor of mine here in Lexington, Mass.

Jonathan was incredibly proud of his two sons. As I reached the conclusion that many more students ought to be taking a gap year in my book Choosing College , on which Jonathan had provided early feedback, he was proud to tell me that one of his sons was taking a gap year—and Jonathan loved providing me updates about that year of discovery during walks on the Minuteman bike path.

These updates weren’t just the boasting of a proud parent. They were updates from a person pondering deeper questions about how the world worked. He earnestly probed to understand trends, currents and causality.

During our talks or over a meal with our spouses, I never once heard Jonathan say something negative about another individual, even when there were things to be said.

And he was completely unassuming—so much so that I think it was often easy for others to underestimate his wide-ranging talents and contributions.

Jonathan helped me understand the field of critical thinking far more deeply—and how best to teach it. He shared with me his frustrations at the lack of rigor in schooling around critical thinking and what he considered the “osmosis” way of teaching it. More importantly, he wanted to do something about it and searched constantly for the best way to have impact.

As a sign of his fanaticism around helping people think critically, he wrote about how to help people better discern political arguments as voters and how we might improve the level of discourse in our country. He launched LogicCheck —akin to the fact checkers so popular in newspapers today. And he gave me a couple copies of his book on the topic of being a critical voter—which perhaps nicely suggested I had some learning to do myself.

In the days before I learned of Jonathan’s passing, I had read in the local news about a local project his wife, Carolyn, was working on and realized I ought to reach out to him to let him know that my forthcoming book, From Reopen to Reinvent , heavily quoted from his work in its third chapter.

I also thought about how he had invited my whole family over to his house for dinner. With the weather warming and our understanding of COVID deepening, I thought maybe we could finally take him up on his generous offer.

At Jonathan’s funeral, the rabbi shared that Jonathan’s sons, Eli and Benjamin, had learned to ably debate their father. They would email him essays with evidence to back up their arguments. Jonathan returned the volley in like fashion, with full respect for their points of view.

Although I won’t promise to live up to that example, I will try to live by its spirit: to intentionally teach my own daughters the skills of critical thinking—and to respect not just their positions, but also the intellectually and emotionally capable people they are.

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Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given our propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking?

Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science. He examines the components of critical thinking, including structured thinking, language skills, background knowledge, and information literacy, along with such necessary intellectual traits as intellectual humility, empathy, and open-mindedness. He discusses how research has defined critical thinking, how elements of critical thinking have been taught for centuries, and how educators can teach critical thinking skills now.

Haber argues that the most important critical thinking issue today is that not enough people are doing enough of it. Fortunately, critical thinking can be taught, practiced, and evaluated. This book offers a guide for teachers, students, and aspiring critical thinkers everywhere, including advice for educational leaders and policy makers on how to make the teaching and learning of critical thinking an educational priority and practical reality.

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This was an excellent overview of the process of critical thinking.

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I decided not to finsh it.

I acquired this book in an effort to improve my critical thinking but it failed to meet my expectations. The part of it that I listened to involved too much of the Authors opinions to keep my attention. My desire was to learn the principals of critical thinking and to hear substantiated facts related to the topic. If I wanted to hear opinions and Political views I could watch a Youtube video or read an article. My conclusion is that if you are looking for a book on Critical thinking shared from an objective point of view, this book is probably not what you are looking for.

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100% polotical propaganda

This book is all about political bias, the very OPPOSITE of critical thinking 🤔

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MIT Press Live! with Jonathan Haber, author of Critical Thinking

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MIT Press Live! presents an author talk with Jonathan Haber, author of the new Essential Knowledge series book, Critical Thinking

About the book

Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential twenty-first-century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given our propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that it is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series , Jonathan Haber explains how the concept emerged, how it has been defined, and how skills can be taught and assessed.

Haber describes the term’s origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science. He examines the components of critical thinking, including structured thinking, language skills, background knowledge, and information literacy, along with such necessary intellectual traits as intellectual humility, empathy, and open-mindedness. He discusses how research has defined critical thinking, how elements have been taught for centuries, and how educators can teach these skills now.

Haber argues that the most important critical thinking issue today is that not enough people are doing enough of it. Fortunately, it can be taught, practiced, and evaluated. This book offers a guide for teachers, students, and aspiring critical thinkers everywhere, including advice for educational leaders and policymakers on how to make the teaching and learning of critical thinking an educational priority and practical reality.

About the author

Jonathan Haber was an educational researcher, writer and entrepreneur working in the fields of critical-thinking education, assessment, and technology-enabled learning whose work has been featured in the  New York Times , the  Boston Globe , the  Chronicle of Higher Education , and the  Wall Street Journal . He is the author of another MIT Press Essential Knowledge book,  MOOCs , and  The Critical Voter .

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Jonathan Haber was an educational researcher, writer and entrepreneur working in the fields of critical-thinking education, assessment, and technology-enabled learning whose work has been featured in the New York Times , the Boston Globe , the Chronicle of Higher Education , and the Wall Street Journal . He is the author of another MIT Press Essential Knowledge book, MOOCs , and The Critical Voter .

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1: The Genealogy of Critical Thinking

• Published: 2020
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2020. "The Genealogy of Critical Thinking", Critical Thinking, Jonathan Haber

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