Publish at February 11 2026 Updated February 11 2026
Adults are confronted with unprecedented information inflation, competing expert discourses and digital devices whose logic remains opaque. Critical thinking is essential if they are to cope with the errors of algorithms. What teaching methods are the most appropriate?
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