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What Is The Difference Between Logical Fallacies And Cognitive Biases?

Jul 9, 2022 | Inquiry

What Is The Difference Between Logical Fallacies And Cognitive Biases? by Terry Heick What are logical fallacies and cognitive biases? In short, logical fallacies and cognitive biases are both failures of reason–errors in thinking that can result in inaccurate...

We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How

Jun 18, 2022 | Inquiry, Leadership, Teaching

We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD How can we identify a democratically ideal set of principles to help us grow a culture of conversation? In my 15 years as a K-12 teacher, I rarely found myself at risk...

The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question

May 17, 2022 | Inquiry

The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question What’s the definition of a ‘good question’? We often say to one another, ‘That’s a good question,’ by which we usually mean, ‘I don’t know the answer’ or...

What Traditionalists Get Wrong About Inquiry Teaching

Apr 11, 2022 | Inquiry, Shift, Teaching

by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD What Traditionalists Get Wrong About Inquiry Teaching In my work as a teacher of 15 years turned professional development consultant for 10 years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of students and now...

30 Learning Reflection Questions For Students

Mar 26, 2022 | Inquiry, Teaching

30 Learning Reflection Questions For Students by Terry Heick A few years ago, I wrote about Types of Learning Journals and reflection was a part of this thinking. I’ve also shared a small collection of basic reflective questions in the past that could be used as a...

How Inquiry Teaching Can Help Us Through Divided Times

Jan 21, 2022 | Inquiry, Teaching

How Inquiry Teaching Can Help Us Through Divided Times by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Educators and education, in general, are increasingly getting swept into the morass of culture wars and polemic battles playing out in our media and political processes...