Telling someone what to think, is basically plying them with certain facts you want them to focus on. I can attempt to tell someone what to think of the poor, or capitalist, and give them certain traits good, or bad, how those groups act. And hope that if the student sees those in any of the groups, they will know or form an opinion of who they are dealing with.
Teaching a person how to think, is teaching them to use clues, fact, experience, and science to build a logical core. I can attempt to teach someone how they can determine for themselves if they are dealing with the poor or capitalist by using all the data and input cobbled together to form the logical conclusion. If a person parks his Maybach in the parking lot, step out in a $5,000 Armani silk suit, with a $250 dollar tie held by a $2,000 diamond tie clasp, in $800 Bruno Magli shoes, all that will tell them they are dealing more with a capitalist, than someone who is poor. I didn’t tell them that, I just told them what facts to look for to decipher for themselves.
That is the difference to me.