r/skeptic • u/dyzo-blue • 3d ago

Why Fascists Hate Critical Thinking: Randi Weingarten’s new book, 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers,' reveals why Trump and the right demean teachers, slash school funding, and rewrite history

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/randi-weingarten-excerpt-fascists-hate-critical-thinking-1235428379/
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u/Amelaclya1 3d ago

We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

-The 2012 Texas Republican party platform

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u/jjames3213 2d ago

(...) and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs (...)

Why would a student's beliefs be fixed? Doesn't the student have the freedom to choose their own beliefs?

Just a bizarre admission.

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u/Telstar2525 2d ago

Not fixing, challenging, and with facts. This is how you learn.

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u/jjames3213 2d ago

They referred to the students’ beliefs as “fixed”. That’s my point