What is the most important type of knowledge? Philosophers and …show more content…
However, what about students? They are the ones gaining all different types of knowledge daily. This is why Mr. Eric Sneller decided to have an in class debate during his second block Governor's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy (STEM) Chemistry class. The rules were simply, go the left side of the room if you strongly agree with his statement and vis versa. His statement was “Science is the most important type of knowledge.” Students shuffled their way to the appropriate side of the room being almost unanimous. Only twelve and a half percent disagreed with his statement while the others stood firm in the middle. Although, this was a bias population, all students included in the survey are a