Welcome to the 66th episode of PedagogCast in which we explore critical thinking development 🧠 with expert Guillaume Carpentier, a freelance educational engineer.
We cover crucial topics such as peer review 👥, constructive feedback 📝, and the use of artificial intelligence 🤖.
Highlights:
- Enhanced Critical Thinking 🌐:
- A societal necessity for better critical judgment.
- Techniques to stimulate this essential skill in learners.
Pedagogical Innovation 🏫:
- Application of peer review methods to promote self-evaluation and personal reflection.
- The importance of accurate feedback for effective learning.
Technology and Education 🛠️📚:
- Discussion on the "Fake Festival" where students create fake news to understand and dismantle the mechanisms of "fake news".
- Use of AI to make exercises more complex, encouraging deeper analysis.
Guillaume shares his thoughts on the challenges of quantifying and teaching critical thinking, and suggests improvements to assessment methods.
