Grit Lab思考角落 x 獨立性思考。Grit Lab Thinking Corner x Critical Thinking

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如何培養孩子獨立思考的能力？ ► Dr. Justin Coulson 賈斯汀.庫爾森博士（中英字幕）

獨立思考能力是素養教育裡的重要一環，許多人都希望能夠培養孩子這樣的素養，於是乎，課堂生活中師長們開始鼓勵孩子能有「獨特的想法」，而許多孩子也跟著急忙表達「自己的想法」；但常常，師長開始陷入孩子「該與不該」的兩難矛盾中，而孩子開始誤以為遵循規範與順服便是毫無自我，開始誤以為真正的思考力代表的是自我中心式的與眾不同。

紐約時報暢銷作家與牧師提摩太凱勒(Timothy Keller)論到自由時這麼說：「因為魚乃是從水，而非空氣中，汲取氧氣，因此於唯有受限於水時才有真正的自由，如果將魚從河流的限制中釋放，任其在草地上探索，那麼那能使其能移動與生存的自由便會毀壞殆盡。真正的自由並非毫無限制，而是找到對的限制。」

如果一個人的獨立思考好比自由，乃是人之所以為人的重要價值與素養之一，那麼我們希望在培養孩子這份追求自由與獨立的能力時，孩子終能在正確的限制中找到真自由，在群體的最大利益中建立真正的獨立。

What is critical thinking? Is it thinking for yourself? Is it going against everything that you're told? Many teachers today go for critical thinking by saying that "I want my students to think without being restricted. But think (yes, critical thinking it is), just as Timothy Keller, a known pastor and philosopher said, "Because a fish absorbs oxygen from water, not air, it's free only if it's restricted to water. If a fish is freed’ from the river & put out on the grass to explore, its freedom to move & soon live is destroyed. Real freedom isn't restrictionless, it's finding the right ones."

This video gives a great example of what critical thinking is and how it works in our everyday conversation with our kids. Check it out!