Thinking constitutes an acquired skill refined with practice.
Hi again guys,
I'm hoping that we can make the refinement of your conceptual reasoning skills fun.
Here's an explanation.
Much of our course and project work centers on thinking conceptually: i.e., abstracting away from the immediate details of a situation to comprehend a problem and solution. We recognized this ability (to think in terms of concepts) as essential in student candidates and a central theme developed across courses, thereby helping you to refine this ability as you progress through our programme. It in part typifies the transformation we say should occur in our students.
It may also be possible to turn this ability into a game. As you interact in class, consider asking your peers the following question:
- What do you mean by…?
- How are you defining…?
- What assumptions are you making…?
- What is your basic premise / logic?
- Can you abstract away from case details to clarify your argument?
- Do you have credible sources to support your logic?
- Are you arguing from data points (symptoms of a problem)?
- Are you arguing from experience?
- Is that your opinion? (the same thing as arguing from experience)
- Does your small-N logic generalize?
- Can you reasonably argue from analogy or metaphor?
"All I hear is noise."
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