Germany?s medical students spend night after night with their books in order to acquire the huge amount of
factual knowledge needed to pass their state exams.
A solid health coach training will include both
the factual knowledge you need and the tools necessary to apply it in the real world.
He contends, correctly, that something more than basic skills and
factual knowledge needs to be inculcated by our schools and colleges if young Americans are to do their part to keep us competitive in tomorrow's flattening, shrinking world.
Not exact matches
If anything, I shied away from such issues and focused my learning efforts on the hard,
factual knowledge that I
needed.
The authors distinguish two aspects of cognitive ability: crystallized
knowledge, which comprises acquired
knowledge such as vocabulary and arithmetic; and fluid cognitive skills, the abstract - reasoning capabilities such as the ability to recognize patterns and make extrapolations
needed to solve novel problems independent of how much
factual knowledge has been acquired.
Crystallized
knowledge comprises acquired
knowledge such as vocabulary and arithmetic, while fluid skills are the abstract - reasoning capabilities
needed to solve novel problems (such as the ability to identify patterns and make extrapolations) independent of how much
factual knowledge has been acquired.
The actual,
factual knowledge to be undertaken may be subject specific, but the pedagogical skills
needed to implement it are shared.
Drawing on educational research, the authors give examples of several cognitive must haves (things that the cognitive system
needs to operate effectively):
factual domain
knowledge, practice, and feedback from a knowledgeable source.
- Strong researching skills and
knowledge of research databases, which allows me to write
factual and compact stories and provide students with the resources they
need to be solid journalists.