How educators are teaching critical thinking in the age of AI

As generative AI becomes more common in digital spaces, educators are revisiting how students learn to question information and build critical thinking skills. The CBC report looks at teachers and postsecondary instructors who say critical thinking should be taught more directly, rather than assumed to develop over time. Louis Newman, author of Thinking Critically in College and a former Stanford dean, argues that students need clear guidance on what kind of thinking is expected and how they can improve. In Toronto and Gatineau, educators are adapting assignments to make students analyze AIgenerated material, evaluate sources more carefully and focus on the learning process rather than only final answers. They say the goal is to help students slow down, examine evidence and develop habits that will still matter as AI tools become more widely used in classrooms.