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The International Baccalaureate curriculum has a separate
course on Theory of Knowledge (ToK) ... which is IMHO a
tremendous mistake. Reasoning is not something you can
sprinkle on afterwards, like powdered sugar on a donut; it
has to be baked in, like the carrots in carrot cake.
This starts in first grade, with basic principles such as
CHECK THE WORK, and learning to ask "Do you think that big
cat is telling the truth?"
Reasoning should be baked into every course, not just
physics, but especially physics. Somehow the physics teacher
is expected to teach reasoning plus remedial math plus
technical writing plus all the physics. It's not fair, but
we're stuck with it.