96. Raising Critical Thinkers with Julie Bogart

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon chats with Julie Bogart, creator of the award-winning Brave Writer program. Sharon and Julie talk about the benefits of leaving behind our information safety nets–the communities that only reinforce our own opinions–to explore information in new and open ways. Julie emphasizes that the best way to understand and care about each other is to be open to, and become fascinated with, different viewpoints. Being a critical thinker, and raising critical thinkers, does not mean we need to dismiss new technology all-together, but rather, find our “technological optimism.” If we’re going to be critical thinkers, we need to get in the habit of asking questions to understand instead of listening to argue.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, always so delighted to have you here with me and today I am
0:06.0	sharing a conversation with a friend in mind. My name is Julie Bogart and she has
0:11.3	written a definitive work on raising critical thinkers. So many of you DM me and
0:19.7	say how do I make sure that my kids are good critical thinkers or how can I
0:24.8	improve my own critical thinking and I really think you're gonna get a ton
0:29.6	out of this conversation and a ton out of her new book. So let's say it. I'm
0:34.9	Sharon McBan and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. Julie will you
0:41.6	introduce yourself for people who are not familiar with your work yet because
0:45.6	people need to know about this new book that you've written. They're gonna find
0:49.2	this so helpful. Sharon thank you so much for having me. I feel like we should
0:56.3	have been friends for years. I am Julie Bogart. I have five adult children who
1:00.9	live all over the globe. I homeschooled them for 17 years. My work has mostly
1:06.4	been in the homeschool space but what we really do in my company, my company is
1:11.8	called Brave Rider, is we help parents participate meaningfully in their
1:16.3	children's education. So whether your kids are in school or they're hybrid
1:20.9	schooled or they're at home, there is a place for you in my company Brave Rider.
1:26.4	And the purpose of our work is to make those connections between what your
1:33.0	kids are learning and who they are personally that lead them to having
1:37.0	meaningful well-educated lives. First of all your brand new book is called
1:41.9	Raising Critical Thinkers and I have so many people ask me for advice on how
1:49.1	do I raise critical thinkers? How even adults are like how do I become a better
1:56.2	critical thinker? And I'm so excited to have sort of like the definitive guide
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