On average, our brains make 35,000 decisions in a single day, which means that we need effective shortcuts to help prevent us ...

Based on the National Gallery of Art’s popular Art Around the Corner professional development program for teachers in Washington, D.C., this five-unit online course provides everything you need to ...

Clark Hochgraf is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering Technology. This month, he shares with us how he integrates art and design thinking to improve his students’ ability to think ...

Art also helps develop decision-making. The act of exploring and trying new ideas develops a child’s mind as a critical thinker and problem solver as they consider and make choices.

The same is true for the art of critical thinking. To better understand the hallmark of a consummate critical thinker, think of the movie Star Wars and the Jedi characters within the plot.

When we use these tools as a replacement for learning, it undermines our critical thinking skills. We lose the art of critical thinking when we rely on shortcuts, and the tradeoff isn’t worthwhile.

Committing to become a stronger critical thinker – who can decipher fact from fiction and truth from opinion – could be the most helpful New Year resolution you could make.

Critical thinking might, in fact, be the paradigm of a liberal art, for it both broadens and frees the minds of our students. And the study of logic is an essential key to this liberation ...

Dave Chappelle and the Mark Twain Prize: Critical Thinking Is His Art The long-awaited telecast of the October, 2019 ceremony celebrates Chappelle’s irreverence while also showcasing his D.C. roots.

Exposure to art from a young age is critical, though not just for creative reasons as it is also a catalyst for critical thinking. Art is also an incredible tool to create discussion and to ...