"Thinking is skilled work. It is not true that we are naturally endowed with the ability to think clearly and logically – without learning how, or without practicing."
Alfred Mander, Author — Logic for the Millions, 1947
The Critical Thinking Initiative uses unique, neuro-biological instructional methods based exclusively on peer-reviewed research to transform individuals, corporations, and educational institutions.
The challenge
“Critical thinking” has recently become one of the most sought-after yet elusive concepts in today’s world. Despite widespread consensus on its importance, most approaches to conceiving or teaching critical thinking fall under what researchers recently called a”dog’s breakfast” of terms like problem solving, divergent thinking, ideating, analyzing, forecasting, decision making, informal logic, information literacy, inductive reasoning, creative thinking, innovation, the scientific method, argumentation, and far too many other terms to list here. Beleaguered by so many competing, if not overly complex concepts, “critical thinking” will remain elusive.
the solutions
The Critical Thinking Initiative has developed their innovative approach to critical thinking training by bringing together cutting-edge research and best-practices of fields neuroscience, evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, education, business, and philosophy.
The Critical Thinking Initiative’s methods simplify the learning of critical thinking without simplifying the act of critical thinking, which means that are accessible to everyone yet dynamic enough to contend with the full complexity of educational, corporate, military, and real-world contexts.
We help people and organizations think better
The Critical Thinking Initiative comprises leading experts in research-based critical thinking education, instruction, and training.
TCTI offers a full suite of services all aimed at developing and strengthening critical thinking from the classroom to the boardroom.
Online Program
The only course that develops and strengthens the brain’s neuro-biological foundations for critical thinking.
Online Program
consulting
Empower of your personnel with the means of assessing decisions, solutions, and corporate communications
Consulting
podcasts
We distill research from education, neuroscience, psychology and other fields into ideas you can put into practice.
Podcasts
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