[PARENTS CLASS] Teach Your Kids How to Think Well - Redemption Hill Cohort

In an ever changing world, one of the best skills your kids can have is critical thinking. But how do you know as a parent they have learned this skill? Critical thinking (along with related soft skills: communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, etc.) are in high demand in the workplace because it’s a skill that’s been in decline.

This is a class for parents which teaches you how to cultivate these skills in your kids. It is also open to teens 17 and older. Course content is based on the wisdom of prominent works in critical thinking including Linda Elder and Richard Paul, Mortimer Adler, Rolf Reeber, Michael Strong, and others, as well as my own experiences as an independent researcher and peer-reviewer.

This class meets weekly for 10 weeks (beginning January 16) for Socratic discussion among your fellow parent-classmates with Kerry (the teacher) as your Socratic guide.

There are self-directed lessons and worksheets provided online for you to complete prior to each weekly discussion. (Upon completion of registration through PLANT, you’ll receive a followup email with instructions for logging into online lessons).

Please note: this class does not teach argumentation or apologetics.

 

Contact: Kerry Baldwin
[email protected] 
505.520.7993 

 

 

The Syllabus is as follows:
Onboarding Module - What You Need to Know
1. Misconceptions About Critical Thinking
2. The Role Emotions Play (and Don't) in Thinking Well
3. Being Informed vs Being Enlightened
4. What to Expect From the Course
Module 1: Dare to Reflect
1. The Mark of An Educated Mind
2. How Personality Affects Your Thinking
3. Live Session 1/11/24
4. Being Respectable in Disagreements
5. Manipulation vs Influence
6. Live Seminar 1/18/24
Module 2: Dare to Understand
1. Two Ways of Discovery
2. "I don't know" is the Compass Rose of Discovery
3. The Guide-Learner Relationship
4. Live Seminar - 1/25/24
5. Being Your Own Guide - The Art of Self-Teaching
6. The Role of Thinking for Learning and Taking Action
7. Live Seminar - 2/1/24
Module 3: Dare to Conceptualize
1. Conceptualizing the Idea of Socratic Practice: Socrates,
The Man
2. Uses of the Socratic Method
3. Offshoots of the Socratic Method
4. Live Seminar - 2/8/24
5. How to Conduct a Socratic Seminar
6. Types of Socratic Inquiries
7. How Should a Guide Participate in the Seminar
8. Live Seminar - 2/15/24
Module 4: Dare to Critique
1. Critical Feeling: How Thoughts and Feelings Relate
2. Traits & Skills of Reflective Thinkers
3. Logical Fallacies & Cognitive Fallacies
4. Live Seminar - 2/22/24
5. Application for Self-Education
6. The Six Stages of Thinking
7. Live Seminar - 2/29/24
Module 5: Dare to Write
1. Observation & Contemplation - Learning the Value of
Introversion
2. Write to Think, Don't Think to Write
3. The Method of Reflective Writing
4. Live Seminar - 3/7/24
5. Write Without Fear; Edit Without Mercy
6. Introduction & Conclusion
7. Live Seminar - 3/14/24