I love your thoughts on this. As someone who has studied educational design and psychology, I’d like to offer a perspective on what you’re describing.
In educational psychology, there are three categories of educational goals: knowledge, skills, and attitudes. (Presently, there is a bias against teaching attitudes, so the “KSA” is frequently changed to “knowledge, skills, and abilities,” which is incorrect and redundant.)
It seems that your “What” book represents the knowledge of the field, the “How” the skills, and the “Why” the attitude.
I think you would be interested in reading about Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. I think it would integrate well with the model you are creating, especially in light of the comments earlier about what “depth” means in this context and whether “What” or “How” is of greater depth. Either one can be shallow or deep as they relate to different kinds of learning.
I love your thoughts on this. As someone who has studied educational design and psychology, I’d like to offer a perspective on what you’re describing.
In educational psychology, there are three categories of educational goals: knowledge, skills, and attitudes. (Presently, there is a bias against teaching attitudes, so the “KSA” is frequently changed to “knowledge, skills, and abilities,” which is incorrect and redundant.)
It seems that your “What” book represents the knowledge of the field, the “How” the skills, and the “Why” the attitude.
I think you would be interested in reading about Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. I think it would integrate well with the model you are creating, especially in light of the comments earlier about what “depth” means in this context and whether “What” or “How” is of greater depth. Either one can be shallow or deep as they relate to different kinds of learning.
This sounds like a topic worth digging into. Don’t suppose you have a curated list of books (or other resources) to share?