“But while there are many things that make Minerva unusual, the curriculum is what makes it truly unique. Minerva toys with the notion that in a world where information is never more than a click away, what matters most is not what you know off the top of your head, but how you analyze and interpret everything you learn. And so, the school takes a hard stance against teaching hard skills. You won’t find any of the typical gen-ed courses in its freshman curriculum. Instead, freshmen take esoteric-sounding courses like “Empirical Analysis” and “Multimodal Communication.” The entire first year at Minerva is dedicated to teaching three things and three things only: critical thinking, creative thinking, and effective communication. ¶ “It’s basically like brain hacking. We’re changing the way you perceive the world around you,” Nelson says.” • #образование - Твоё первенство и эго

“Teaching students how to think is a fuzzy, amorphous idea. And so, Nelson and Dr. Kosslyn crafted an exhaustive list of what they call “habits of mind and foundational concepts” that they want every student to learn in their first year. There are 129 of them, and attempting to understand them all can be a bit dizzying, so here’s a concrete example: ¶ If a doctor wants to prescribe you a new medication, one of the first questions he’ll ask you is what other medications you’re taking. In medicine, we’re constantly on the lookout for adverse interactions. But ask someone whether they support a given law, and they’re likely to go with their gut, without stopping to think about all the other laws that interact with that law. Minerva would like to make that type of analytical thinking a “habit of mind,” which its students apply to all their judgment calls. ¶ “The way you teach that is not by teaching medicine,” Nelson says. “Instead, you teach the very concept of interactions.” - Твоё первенство и эго