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ERIC Number: EJ306677
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Unintended Consequences: Louis Goldman's Reply.
Goldman, Louis
Educational Leadership, v42 n1 p64-65 Sep 1984
Answering Richard Paul's critique, the author restates his preference for open dialog in the school about beliefs and issues, rather than excessive concern with techniques of critical thinking. Children learn worthwhile things without being directly taught, while an unintended consequence of teaching critical thinking may be a weakening of creativity. (TE)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Critical Thinking, Democratic Values, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Inquiry, Intellectual Development, Moral Development, Platonism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Socratic Method
Note: For related articles, see EA 518 031-032.