In the grammar stage, the child learns facts. He learns dates, rules, names, places. The end result is a child who knows things.
In the logic stage, the child learns how to analyze data using logic and reason. The end result is a young person who is able to have reasoned opinions.
In the rhetoric stage, the young person learns how to persuasively argue and present his well-reasoned opinions.
That’s exactly what should be done in the schools today.
Here’s the new formula. Skip step one entirely. No facts. Or as close to zero as the Education Establishment can manage.
Steps two and three are merged into something called Critical Thinking, where children who know nothing are encouraged to sit around discussing their opinions and feeling about all the things they don’t know anything about.
Step one is the crucial one. Foundational Knowledge. I write about this all the time. Start the facts early, don’t stop.
Bruce Price
Improve-Education.org