Part 10: Constructing New Knowledge
Much traditional schooling is concerned with “information transfer.”
You read a textbook or listen to teacher talk and try to move what you’ve read
or heard into your brain and store it for future use.
The problem with this is that so much of what you’re going to need to know in the future no one yet knows. This means that you’ll, have to create new information and knowledge for yourself.
The basic process by means of which you’ll do this is the one we explored in Part One: Relationships.
You now have a fairly elaborate Model for the study of reality, one that allows you to create new knowledge by relating parts of that Model. For example:
You read a textbook or listen to teacher talk and try to move what you’ve read
or heard into your brain and store it for future use.
The problem with this is that so much of what you’re going to need to know in the future no one yet knows. This means that you’ll, have to create new information and knowledge for yourself.
The basic process by means of which you’ll do this is the one we explored in Part One: Relationships.
You now have a fairly elaborate Model for the study of reality, one that allows you to create new knowledge by relating parts of that Model. For example:
The main Model categories relate, but the relationship isn’t always clear. Getting specific (looking for subcategory or sub-subcategory relationships) is easier and more likely to yield useful information.
Labels: Constructing New Knowledge, Model for the study of reality
