lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) (12/03/84)
Warren Montgomery posted an article to net.origins (and net.politics) commenting that creationism was by no means the only controversial topic liable to one-sided treatment in the schools. He closed with the remark: My advice to parents is to focus on teaching people HOW to think, not WHAT to think. This may be a quibble, but I have trouble with the idea of "teaching how to think". I feel it's more a matter of encouraging kids (to narrow the focus slightly) to think on their own, and letting them discover their own technique. The following incident gave me some evidence that I was doing this successfully with my own kids (WARNING: CUTE STORY FOLLOWS) When my son Max was four, he asked me to find his pacifier at bedtime. (No pacifier flames please - he gave it up on his own in due time) I was looking around the bed for it, and I asked Max, "Did it fall down along the wall?" I could recognize my own advice coming back at me when he responded in a thoughtful tone, "Well ... what do you think?" Lew Mammel, Jr. ihnp4!ihuxr!lew
rwh@aesat.UUCP (Russell Herman) (12/09/84)
There are advocates of teaching the ability to think. Edward de Bono springs to mind as the best-known example. Any others? Anyone adapting their concepts to software? Anyone have any experience with their methods? -- ______ Russ Herman / \ {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!aesat!rwh @( ? ? )@ ( || ) The opinions above are strictly personal, and ( \__/ ) do not reflect those of my employer (or even \____/ possibly myself an hour from now.)