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#183: Critical Thinking Skills with Melanie Trecek-King
“In this episode I want to return to the theme of critical thinking. How can we teach people to immunize their minds? In the past I’ve interviewed two of the co-founders of the Mental Immunity Project, Andy Norman and Lee McIntyre to get their feedback on how to fight the pandemic of misinformation and disinformation that we are fed on social media. The Mental Immunity Project is an effort to vaccinate the minds of the public against viral misinformation. Today I’m interviewing the third co-founder of the project to learn about her work in fighting for a Rational View.
Melanie Trecek-King is the creator of Thinking Is Power, an online critical thinking resource. She is an Associate Professor of Biology at Massasoit Community College, where she teaches a general-education science course designed to teach critical thinking, information literacy, and science literacy. As a speaker and consultant, she promotes her ‘teach skills, not facts’ approach to fellow science educators, and assists organizations in achieving their goals through better thinking.”
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