{"id":4006,"date":"2018-11-18T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/blog\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2018-11-11T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T16:07:20","slug":"choosing-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum-pros-and-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/choosing-a-knowledge-rich-curriculum-pros-and-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: Pros and Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Should our curriculum focus on knowledge or skills<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Jon Brunskill<\/a>\u00a0debates this question with himself in this thoughtful post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Brunskill does offer a strong conclusion in this debate. But just as important: the way he frames the discussion.<\/p>\n

Following Rapoport’s Rules<\/a> to Promote Civil Discourse (which I haven’t heard of before), Brunskill sets himself several tasks.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, he summarizes the opposite belief as accurately and fairly as he can. (The goal, according to Daniel Dennett, is that the other person say “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.”)<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, he notes his points of agreement with that position, and (third<\/strong>) what he has learned while thinking about it.<\/p>\n

Only then,\u00a0fourth,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>does he get to express his disagreement, and advocate for a distinct point of view.<\/p>\n

(By the way: you haven’t accidentally skipped a paragraph. I’ve deliberately\u00a0not<\/em> said what his conclusion is, because I want to focus on his methodology.)<\/p>\n

The Takeaway<\/h2>\n

You might agree with Brunskill’s conclusion. Or, you might emphatically disagree with it.<\/p>\n

If the latter, great news! You have an opportunity to follow his example.<\/p>\n

How might you summarize his position as fairly as possible<\/em>?<\/p>\n

What do you agree<\/em> with?<\/p>\n

What did you learn<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Once you’ve answered those questions, then your rebuttal will be more persuasive, and more beneficial to the debate. I suspect it will also be more beneficial to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Should our curriculum focus on knowledge or skills? Jon Brunskill\u00a0debates this question with himself in this thoughtful post. Brunskill does offer a strong conclusion in this debate. But just as important: the way he frames the discussion. Following Rapoport’s Rules to Promote Civil Discourse (which I haven’t heard of before), Brunskill sets himself several tasks. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,19],"class_list":["post-4006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lb-blog","tag-classroom-advice","tag-skepticism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4010,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions\/4010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}