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TEDxDeadSea - James Garrett & Shaylyn Romney Garrett - Teaching Critical Thinking in the Middle East

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2011 · Education

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James Garrett and Shaylyn Romney Garrett are American Peace Corps Volunteers who have been living in Salt, Jordan for the past eighteen months. Shaylyn teaches English in a government girls' school and James works with boys in an after-school government youth center.

They are committed educators whose work in Jordan has focused on promoting critical and creative thinking. Their curriculum, called "Brain Camp," is an educational intervention that focuses on building eight critical thinking skills with the aim of equipping the rising generation of Jordanians to become creative and effective problem solvers.

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