Critical thinking has become an AI-era buzzword. But what does it actually mean, and how do we teach it?

MalikNalik/Shutterstock Spend enough time in discussions about education and artificial intelligence (AI), and critical thinking will inevitably pop up sooner rather than later. AI is changing how students learn and how educators assess learning, and in the face of this shift, critical thinking is often presented as the right pedagogical response. But as technology reshapes the way we learn and teach, it’s easy to overlook one crucial question: what does critical thinking actually mean in…