Why Knowledge Matters Quotes

“There are no significant shortcuts to intellectual competence. Domain-specific knowledge and long practice are essential to consolidating a skill in long-term memory. Neither computers nor general critical-thinking techniques can circumvent those arduous requirements.”
― E.D. Hirsch, Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories

“systematic approach to knowledge building is more productive than an arbitrary skills approach with unspecified topics.31”
― E.D. Hirsch, Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories