> Finally, it is worth noting that educators have long promoted a large number of different kinds of thinking: engineering thinking, science thinking, economics thinking, systems thinking, logical thinking, rational thinking, network thinking, ethical thinking, design thinking, critical thinking, and more.
As a former teacher, which do I prioritise? There are a set number of hours in a school day, and I still need to teach the basic facts such as:
glucose + oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water
and:
Bonjour == Hello
Why would I waste time teaching "Computational thinking" if it's unproven whether or not it only actually benefits programmers?
But that's the point! You don't need to teach glucose + oxygen. Why would you waste time teaching "glucose + oxygen" when it's not proven to benefit anyone but biologists and chemists? You just need to teach them to think in many ways and they will figure the rest out. I believe a lot of the problems we have are because we don't have enough faith in our children.
> Finally, it is worth noting that educators have long promoted a large number of different kinds of thinking: engineering thinking, science thinking, economics thinking, systems thinking, logical thinking, rational thinking, network thinking, ethical thinking, design thinking, critical thinking, and more.
As a former teacher, which do I prioritise? There are a set number of hours in a school day, and I still need to teach the basic facts such as:
glucose + oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water
and:
Bonjour == Hello
Why would I waste time teaching "Computational thinking" if it's unproven whether or not it only actually benefits programmers?