Think Bubbles and Socrates: Teaching Critical Thinking to Millennials in Public Relations Classes
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Critical thinking skills are crucial in the public relations profession, but teaching these skills to the Millennial Generation is vastly different from previous generations. How can a professor get past No Child Left Behind’s dependence on test review guides and “everybody wins” in getting students to think for themselves? Using the Socratic method along with thinking tools/exercises, students can learn how to devise their own solutions using quality critical and creative thinking.
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