For my part I’d add “choose a capstone project” before even #1, coupled of course with a strong willingness to change your mind on the capstone project as you go.
I just have a hard time learning things well without having a specific purpose, like something I’m trying to do, or a confusion that I’m trying to resolve, etc.
Probably different approaches work for different people. To each his own!
(When in doubt, my go-to capstone project has always been “I am confused about X. I will resolve my confusion and then create some pedagogical artifact that would have helped my former self.” [e.g. blog post, or improve the pedagogy of the wikipedia article, etc.]
For my part I’d add “choose a capstone project” before even #1, coupled of course with a strong willingness to change your mind on the capstone project as you go.
I just have a hard time learning things well without having a specific purpose, like something I’m trying to do, or a confusion that I’m trying to resolve, etc.
Probably different approaches work for different people. To each his own!
(When in doubt, my go-to capstone project has always been “I am confused about X. I will resolve my confusion and then create some pedagogical artifact that would have helped my former self.” [e.g. blog post, or improve the pedagogy of the wikipedia article, etc.]