We can’t really well practice or even measure most of the recommended skills, such as judgment, critical thinking, time management, monitoring performance, complex problem solving, active learning. This is one of the reasons why I disagree with the article, and think its conclusions are not useful.
They’re a bit like saying that high intelligence is associated with better pay and job satisfaction.
I think “can’t practice” is a bit strong. CFAR would be a practice that trains a bunch of those skills. The problem is that there’s no 3 year CFAR bachelor where the student does that kind of training all the time but CFAR does 4 day workshops.
I do not mean that it is impossible to practice, just that it’s not a well-defined skill you can measuredly improve like programming. I believe it’s not a skill you can realistically practice in order to improve your employability.
I have been following CFAR from their beginning. If anything, the existence and current state of CFAR demonstrates how judgment is a difficult skill to practice, and difficult to measure. There’s no evidence of CFAR’s effectiveness available on their website (or it is well hidden).
We can’t really well practice or even measure most of the recommended skills, such as judgment, critical thinking, time management, monitoring performance, complex problem solving, active learning. This is one of the reasons why I disagree with the article, and think its conclusions are not useful.
They’re a bit like saying that high intelligence is associated with better pay and job satisfaction.
I think “can’t practice” is a bit strong. CFAR would be a practice that trains a bunch of those skills. The problem is that there’s no 3 year CFAR bachelor where the student does that kind of training all the time but CFAR does 4 day workshops.
I do not mean that it is impossible to practice, just that it’s not a well-defined skill you can measuredly improve like programming. I believe it’s not a skill you can realistically practice in order to improve your employability.
I have been following CFAR from their beginning. If anything, the existence and current state of CFAR demonstrates how judgment is a difficult skill to practice, and difficult to measure. There’s no evidence of CFAR’s effectiveness available on their website (or it is well hidden).