Design Challenge Four - Part 1

Content and the Disciplines - The Concept

Don't stray far from

The humanities and the hard/social sciences

if you're up to par

you'll go far

Content and the Disciplines - Importance

Facts, concepts and theories

Yes, you might be bored

But if you dig deeper

You'll find the core

Disciplinary Structures - The Concept

So you like structure?

Key principles and concepts

This organized knowledge, however.

Will not increase your biceps.

Disciplinary Structures - Importance

When your students don't understand

How the bird can fly

Teach them the basics of aviation

And the knowledge will not die!

Disciplinary Processes - The Concept

You don't get the theories of Economy?

You might understand more

If you opened and managed

A very large store.

Disciplinary Processes - Importance

Your students might not get it

Understanding the world is hard

Until they practice the theories

They may feel awkward.

Discourse and the Disciplines - The Concept

You only really know the answer

When you can see the creation

Of a perfectly, re-creatable

Logically constructed explanation.

Discourse and the Disciplines-The Concept

Why are all of the frogs dying

Your biology students ask

To pin down the exact reason

Will be a huge task

Narratively, some say climate change or habitat loss

But expository discourse

Is the empirical truth's boss!