Students can think and they are creative, yet education in interactive narratives and related field does not always support creativity and critical thinking skills. As a result, students struggle to fully grasp the learning material and lack the ability to critically assess existing knowledge. In particular, aspects of theory, method and industry practices are often taught only as a passive exercise of receiving static knowledge and not as a dynamically growing body of knowledge. We see this status quo as a missed opportunity, especially when it comes to integrating students into research projects, where critical assessment and further developments of theoretical frameworks and research methods is a necessity. In this paper, we present an analysis of the current situation and an initial framework to improve education, with the aim to empower students’ critical thinking skills and creative abilities when it comes to theory, method, and design practices.