THINKING CONSERVATIVE: THE PROCESS VS THE RESULTS: THE CHIEF PHILOSOPHICAL DIVIDE IN MODERN EDUCATION

“It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.”

~Deng Xiaoping

Thanks to the magic of a DVR, I am postponing the beginning of the Division I National Championship football game for a few minutes in order to bypass some of the commercials.  As I sit here waiting and thinking about the upcoming game, I have to consider who I will cheer for in the game.  In regards to the coaches of tonight’s game, Saban and Swinney, who do you believe is the better coach?  I mean if you had to simply decide who does the best job coaching a team, which one has the edge in your mind?  I think most of us, if we are honest, would find ourselves gravitating toward one or the other who in our own view epitomizes more of the characteristics we believe are essential in a truly great coach.  Now ask yourself another question, did you find yourself only discussing the results of the coaches’ professional practice (such as wins/losses, national championships, number of players getting drafted, league championships, etc.) or did you find yourself also discussing characteristics of the coaches’ professional process (such as demeanor, practice methods, discipline, etc.)  I would be willing to bet for most of us to varying degrees the “process” elements creep into our analysis of how “good” these men are at coaching in spite of the quantitative results their methods yielded.

Read more at https://thinkingconservativeblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/the-process-vs-the-results-the-chief-philosophical-divide-in-modern-education/

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