EPisodes: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

23: The importance of statistical literacy education in functional democracies

July 21, 2020 Ben Hilliam and Alethea Rea Season 3 Episode 6
EPisodes: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
23: The importance of statistical literacy education in functional democracies
Show Notes

In this EPisode, Ben Hilliam chats with Alethea Rea, PhD, who is a lecturer at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. Together they discuss mathematics, statistics, and the importance of critical thinking and knowledge, especially in our post-truth era where opinion is often conflated with fact. It's a fascinating conversation which examines how public discourse can be improved through a better understanding of evidence.