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CSS CSS Foundations The Box Model The CSS Box Model Concept

Posted by Monq Wellington
Monq Wellington
21,685 Points

A pedagogical suggestion

I don't know much about design in general. All the information in the CSS Foundations course is new information to me. I think it may be beneficial to others in similar situations as to move the Box Model session to being after the Selectors session, and before the Advanved Selectors session to break up the flow of having to learn so many selectors all at once, as well as start to introduce a "bigger picture" concept of the CSS ideal. All apologies if this is a repeated topic that's been posted already. Otherwise, keep up the good work.

-cheers

1 Answer

Jason Broderick
Jason Broderick
7,361 Points
Jason Broderick
Jason Broderick
7,361 Points

If you take a step back from this as a subject and think about learning as a whole it is better I feel to follow the learning model of FOCUS - Follow One Course Until Success. Jumping from topic to topic inside a subject isn't a particularly good idea I feel as it breaks your focus. In this instance, at the stage of learning you were at the Box Model is a big shift in gears and a really high level concept that deserves to be separated like it is. If you learn about basic selectors then have to completely switch gears then it would be even more difficult to learn about advanced selectors afterwards. While you are in the frame of mind to think about selectors that's the best time to continue.

Keep ploughing on! Once you've done the whole CSS and HTML Foundations and Deep Dives the whole world opens up!

Monq Wellington
Monq Wellington
21,685 Points

Hey Jason. I wasn't suggesting anything to the contrary of an "unFOCUS-ed" approach. More along the lines of talking about teaching styles. e.g. If you were learning about cars, is it better to see the whole car first before you break it into it's parts? Or is it better to learn the vocabulary of the parts before putting it together as a whole? Like how general ed teaches mathematics in public schools, they don't really start talking about the bigger picture until you get to calculus. But you can't get to calculus until you know all the details of trig, algebra, etc. I personally enjoy the "top down" or "bigger picture" approach to things because I know what the picture looks like as I put my puzzle together. But of course, it's a pedantic decision of how the teacher wants, & thinks is the most effective way, to teach. I take it on good faith that treehouse has gold at the end of this rainbow that I'm following, otherwise I wouldn't have joined this community. Thanks for your encouragement though, Jason. Cheers.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Monq Wellington -

it's a pedantic decision of how the teacher wants, & thinks is the most effective way

On the topic of pedantic points, in this case I think it's actually more of a pedagogical decision :wink:

Monq Wellington
Monq Wellington
21,685 Points

you're right, pedantic isn't the appropriate choice word. i meant no offense if anyone thought i was trying.