<p>Warning: This episode may provoke strong reactions from 5-paragraph-essay devotees.  Not for the faint of heart! Listen in as Steve and Dave unfairly blame all of the world&apos;s problems on the 5-paragraph essay format frequently used in secondary and higher education.  Also news of the week: Why even young children possess strong critical thinking skills, and how the Air Force explores &quot;forecasting&quot; as a critical thinking goal.</p>

Never read a 5-paragraph essay again!  Three alternatives for any class.

Brought to you by The Critical Thinking Institute (theCTInstitute.com), Headagogy disrupts the soft-spoken, NPR-mold for education discussion and does justice to the vibrant, challenging, meaningful, frustrating, empowering, complicated, fulfilling thing that is education, as well as the hardworking, dedicated, heartfelt, and (too often) pissed-off people who are educators.  Ferociously serious, chronically sardonic, intolerant of anti-intellectualism, and fed up with disrespect for education and educators, Headagogy is hosted by Steve Pearlman, Ph.D., founder of The Critical Thinking Institute, author of America’s Critical Thinking Crisis, and educator of 30+ years.