critical thinking skills; knowledge of the past and other cultures; an ability to work with and interpret numbers and statistics; access to the insights of great writers and artists; a willingness to experiment, to open up to change; and the ability to navigate ambiguity.
Now if only the humanities departments of most universities taught any of those things, rather than the latest PC/SJ fashionable nonsense.
Now if only the humanities departments of most universities taught any of those things, rather than the latest PC/SJ fashionable nonsense.
According to the “Academically Adrift” study, humanities and social science majors show the second highest gains in critical thinking skills, behind only science/math, above engineering and computer science.
To the extent that students are showing limited and declining learning, it largely reflexs a switch to business and education majors (business shows the least learning ,with education right behind), not a weakening of humanities majors.
According to the “Academically Adrift” study, humanities and social science majors show the second highest gains in critical thinking skills, behind only science/math, above engineering and computer science.
Is this a reflection of the influence of course participation or of reasoning capability prior to entry?
For some reason, I very much want this to be true. And I take that as a warning sign. Does anyone know if it is true? And what sort of test could possibly measure ‘maths creativity’ and ‘english creativity’ on the same scale anyway?
They aren’t measuring field specific skills, which is the whole point. They are measuring gains in critical thinking using the CLA test (i.e. how much better do you get at general critical thinking as a result of studying your major.). The study itself was quite famous and made the blog rounds a few years ago, I’m sure some light googling will answer any other questions.
To the extent that students are showing limited and declining learning, it largely reflexs a switch to business and education majors (business shows the least learning ,with education right behind),
There a joke someone in education major being near the bottom when it comes to learning, but at the moment I don’t know how to best make it.
Now if only the humanities departments of most universities taught any of those things, rather than the latest PC/SJ fashionable nonsense.
According to the “Academically Adrift” study, humanities and social science majors show the second highest gains in critical thinking skills, behind only science/math, above engineering and computer science.
To the extent that students are showing limited and declining learning, it largely reflexs a switch to business and education majors (business shows the least learning ,with education right behind), not a weakening of humanities majors.
Is this a reflection of the influence of course participation or of reasoning capability prior to entry?
For some reason, I very much want this to be true. And I take that as a warning sign. Does anyone know if it is true? And what sort of test could possibly measure ‘maths creativity’ and ‘english creativity’ on the same scale anyway?
They aren’t measuring field specific skills, which is the whole point. They are measuring gains in critical thinking using the CLA test (i.e. how much better do you get at general critical thinking as a result of studying your major.). The study itself was quite famous and made the blog rounds a few years ago, I’m sure some light googling will answer any other questions.
There a joke someone in education major being near the bottom when it comes to learning, but at the moment I don’t know how to best make it.
.… Those that can’t teach, teach teaching.