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| Critical Thinking | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Inquiry | 1 |
| Intellectual Development | 1 |
| Liberal Arts | 1 |
| Moral Development | 1 |
| Philosophy | 1 |
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| Questioning Techniques | 1 |
| Teaching Methods | 1 |
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| Educational Leadership | 1 |
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| Goldman, Louis | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGoldman, Louis – Educational Leadership, 1984
Argues that the Socratic method is inappropriate for children because it teaches them to question adult authority before they have the necessary experience and is therefore conducive to cynicism. A traditional liberal arts curriculum, combining transmission of culture with open inquiry, is preferable to attempts to teach critical thinking. (TE)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Intellectual Development
