Developing Critical Thinking Skills With AI
Empower Your Students to Think Deeper in an AI-Driven World
By Nik Peachey | PeacheyPublications
Worried AI Will Kill Critical Thinking? - Think again!
This groundbreaking book flips the script, showing how AI, when used wisely, can enhance rather than replace our students' thinking. Written by award-winning teacher trainer Nik Peachey, Developing Critical Thinking Skills With AI is your complete task-based guide to using AI tools like ChatGPT to cultivate logic, curiosity, and independent thought in your classroom.
What’s Inside?
This is not a textbook. It’s a toolkit packed with:
✅ Ready-to-use AI prompts and templates tailored for different age groups and levels
✅ Hands-on classroom tasks based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, debate, fallacies, and logic
✅ Sample dialogues, lesson plans, and Socratic discussions for deeper engagement
✅ Reflection tasks that build metacognition in learners of all ages
✅ Critical thinking syllabus blueprints for kids, teens, and adult learners
✅ Guided argumentation and rebuttal practice with built-in AI feedback
✅ Strategies to teach media literacy, bias detection, and fact checking
✅ Interactive tasks and role plays that develop empathy and reasoning skills
Who’s It For?
This book is for:
- ESL/EFL educators
- Academic and subject teachers
- Critical thinking and media literacy trainers
- Educators exploring AI with students
- Anyone who wants to teach students to think clearly, logically, and independently
No philosophy degree required. No coding. Just creative, practical teaching ideas.
Why You’ll Love It
✅ Flexible: Dip in and out—no need to read cover to cover
✅ Adaptable: All prompts are editable and level-appropriate
✅ Time-saving: AI generates content, you focus on teaching
✅ Future-proof: Prepare students for a world where AI is everywhere
✅ Reflective: Activities build both thinking and self-awareness
✅ Thoughtful: Challenges the idea that AI replaces brains with tools that actually sharpen them
