The modern K-12 teacher's must-have guide to teach students how to ask questions, weigh the evidence, and think critically and independently
Students and teachers alike face a dilemma: Why think deeply when we can just take a shortcut by googling something? Why read an article when we can learn from a social media headline? If, as educators, we want to encourage our students to value thoughtfulness and to embrace the effort it takes to reach deep understandings, we must model that behavior ourselves. In Never Stop Asking, author Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad shows K-12 teachers how human brains like to take mental shortcuts, known as heuristics, that allow the brain to save energy and perform more efficiently. These heuristics, however, can lead to illogical thinking, cognitive biases, and fallacies that can hinder critical thinking.
Never Stop Asking: Teaching Students to be Better Critical Thinkers is the armor we need to defend ourselves and our students against the all-too-tempting shortcuts that the digital age has to offer, employing strategies to consistently and explicitly support teaching critical thinking and weaving it into the everyday landscape of your classroom. Let's ensure that the students of today will be the skilled thinkers of tomorrow.
- Learn about common psychological shortcuts and biases that hinder students and teachers alike
- Discover the logic and the science behind critical thinking and why it leads to better outcomes
- Gain strategies to bring critical thinking into the classroom and help students build patience, discipline, and skill
- Acknowledge and embrace the digital age in your teaching-without falling victim to its downsides
This is an engaging and important book for K-12 teachers and instructional coaches. Teacher training programs can also be enhanced by the practical wisdom and easy-to-implement strategies inside.
A must-read guide for K-12 teachers seeking to instill the values of critical and independent thinking in their students
In Never Stop Asking: Teaching Students to be Better Critical Thinkers, veteran educator Dr. Nathan D. Lang-Raad delivers an insightful discussion of how human brains like to take shortcuts that can lead to illogical thinking, cognitive biases, and fallacies that can hinder critical thinking. The author demonstrates how to defend yourself and your students against these shortcuts, which are made even more tempting in the digital age, and presents strategies to consistently and explicitly support critical thinking in your classroom.
You'll discover the logic and science underlying critical thinking and how it leads to better outcomes, as well as how to acknowledge and embrace digital technologies in your classroom-without falling victim to its drawbacks and pitfalls.
An engaging and important book for K-12 teachers and instructional coaches, Never Stop Asking is also an ideal resource for use in teacher training programs in need of the practical wisdom and easy-to-implement strategies found inside. It's an essential text in an age where thoughtfulness and deep understanding are at a premium.
"Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad clearly has the background, research, and experience to detail why our modern education system was never designed to create critical thinkers. Never Stop Asking is a must-read book for educators to ensure students today will be the skilled thinkers of tomorrow."
-BARBARA BRAY, Podcast Host, Speaker, Author, Story Weaver
"Essential reading for any educator wishing to elevate their understanding of critical thinking in the classroom. Nathan Lang-Raad draws from years of experience, elegantly breaking down powerful learning concepts in a unique and clear-sighted way. His ideas and methods come together to form an accessible, rational, and important guide for twenty-first century teaching-a crucial companion piece for the spirited educator."
-MISBAH GEDAL, Head of Engagement at Wakelet
