In this episode of the Empowering Educators Podcast, Gretchen talks about the importance of critical thinking. She shares relatable stories, a lesson and then four keys to building critical thinking that lasts. Tune into this episode and leave empowered to support critical thinking skills within yourself and your students.

Quotables

• Critical thinking is the biggest clue of what’s to come.

• Everyone is going to have a problem or an obstacle. It’s not about how big that thing is but how you react to it.

• We have to teach kids and adults how to think.

 

Blog Post Mentioned in the Episode

https://alwaysalesson.com/guiding-questions-that-move-teacher-performance-forward/

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