Barbara Oakley on Critical Thinking and Learning

Barbara Oakley and I converse about Critical Thinking and Learning - recorded for those it might help. Barbara is the creator of Uncommon Sense Teaching, Learn Like a Pro, Learning How to Learn, and many other courses, books, talks, and business presentations. Want to learn more from Barbara? Here's a great start https://coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://barbaraoakley.com Books mentioned in this conversation The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-See-Curiosity-Exploration-Discovery/dp/B0BSP29SQ4 The Crux by Richard Rummelt https://www.amazon.com/Crux-How-Leaders-Become-Strategists/dp/B09WRTFWNZ Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World by Scott Shigeoka https://www.amazon.com/Seek-Curiosity-Transform-Change-World/dp/B0C822WG9W Annie Duke's books "The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away" and "Thinking in Bets"? https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-in-Bets-Annie-Duke-audiobook/dp/B078SBSBW3 The Trusted Learning Advisor https://www.amazon.com/Trusted-Advisor-20th-Anniversary/dp/B095PSYBLC The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins https://www.amazon.com/The-Selfish-Gene-Richard-Dawkins-audiobook/dp/B004U8NB2M Everybody lies What the internet tells us about who we really are https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lies-audiobook/dp/B077XJ5QBB Play to Win by Roger Martin - What has to be true for this to be an effective strategy? https://www.amazon.com/Playing-to-Win-audiobook/dp/B00GRMUSOS Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers by Robert Jackall https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Mazes-Robert-Jackall-audiobook/dp/B003ATPA1M Between the State and the Schoolhouse: Understanding the Failure of Common Core by Tom Loveless https://www.amazon.com/Between-State-Schoolhouse-Understanding-Educational/dp/1682535908 The article mentioned Curiosity's different stances. https://www.templeton.org/news/curiosity-has-two-faces General interest curiosity, Deprivation curiosity (Barb also said something new to me. predatory curiosity)