Re:Ontario Court Declares the Ontario Math Proficiency Test ...
by mfer on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:03PM
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> Learning science is at the bedrock of critical thinking, reasoning and rationalizing and enables people to actually apply the scientific method.
Many people who learn how things function don't learn critical thinking or reasoning.
People can be told that something works a certain way because it's science. Just trust the people who told you because they sit in positions of expertise or authority. They people don't have critical thinking. They have trust of certain people for certain reasons.
I'm a proponent of critical thinking and reasoning. It's often missing. STEM isn't teaching it.
Maybe what we need is to teach the basics of philosophy, logic, and reasoning in school. You can teach this apart from STEM and it's useful to STEM, too.
Many people who learn how things function don't learn critical thinking or reasoning.
People can be told that something works a certain way because it's science. Just trust the people who told you because they sit in positions of expertise or authority. They people don't have critical thinking. They have trust of certain people for certain reasons.
I'm a proponent of critical thinking and reasoning. It's often missing. STEM isn't teaching it.
Maybe what we need is to teach the basics of philosophy, logic, and reasoning in school. You can teach this apart from STEM and it's useful to STEM, too.