Second on 4 topics in an hour being too much. That only leaves 15 minutes for a topic. I’d have trouble fitting a good explanation of any of those in to 15 minutes, and high school kids will probably have follow-up questions that make it more time consuming.
Biases is wonderful, but I think it also needs the biggest block of time to really be effective—teaching one or two biases doesn’t help a lot, and risks giving them Fully General Counterarguments. No student should be trusted with that sort of armament ;)
I’d personally pick two of your topics to focus on, then have a few related biases you can include to stretch things out if everything goes well—I’ve found that having flexible plans that can stretch/compress is very good for dealing with groups that are likely to ask a lot of questions, or for an informal context where people will get distracted.
My personally, I’d be biased towards “make beliefs pay rent” (as that was most useful to me) and “map and territory” :)
Second on 4 topics in an hour being too much. That only leaves 15 minutes for a topic. I’d have trouble fitting a good explanation of any of those in to 15 minutes, and high school kids will probably have follow-up questions that make it more time consuming.
Biases is wonderful, but I think it also needs the biggest block of time to really be effective—teaching one or two biases doesn’t help a lot, and risks giving them Fully General Counterarguments. No student should be trusted with that sort of armament ;)
I’d personally pick two of your topics to focus on, then have a few related biases you can include to stretch things out if everything goes well—I’ve found that having flexible plans that can stretch/compress is very good for dealing with groups that are likely to ask a lot of questions, or for an informal context where people will get distracted.
My personally, I’d be biased towards “make beliefs pay rent” (as that was most useful to me) and “map and territory” :)