PrintFoundational Skills
"You must crawl before you can walk, and walk before you can run." -Unknown
What foundational subskills must we develop? In the field of Geospatial Intelligence, what are the building blocks that form one’s basis of understanding and what kinds of actions do we need to demonstrate to experience growth and learn and demonstrate knowledge?
The foundational skills pictured above must be mastered before an individual can master higher order thinking skills in the future. This often involves the memorization of basic facts and behaviors related to the subject at hand. This brings us to you, the student, interacting with online content. As the adage says, “you get out of it what you put into it.” So having a broader sense of "where you are coming from and where you’re going” can be empowering as you manage your own educational experience. This sort of reflective practice helps you be aware of your own thought processes and development so that you are in greater control of your own destiny. This self-understanding can be defined as your own metacognitive knowledge. Having metacognitve knowledge also helps you in future roles when you are asked to contribute in a team environment or when you’re helping a newer colleague onboard into a new role in an organization.