Science dey find out facts by looking at things well. No be only science, but plenty of school work generally fit be like something wey your brain dey do to find universal facts by watching and gathering them as knowledge.
But then, to develop things and systems na another kind of brain work wey different from school work. Development dey create new things and systems through design, wey dey bring plenty material things and make technology better.
Normally, wetin dey happen na say dem dey use di knowledge wey dem gather from school work for development.
Apart from that, some school areas, like engineering, dey gather knowledge wey dem discover during development. Dem dey call dis kind areas practical sciences, and sometimes dem dey separate dem from basic sciences like physics.
So, school work dey focus on finding facts by observation, while development dey focus on inventing things and systems through design. Dis one show say dem get different ways of brain work.
But, even inside school work, di brain work of inventing through design dey exist.
Dis one na framework design.
One clear example of framework design in science na di geocentric and heliocentric models (di way dem tink say earth or sun dey center).
Di geocentric and heliocentric models no be like two ideas wey dey fight over which one na true. Dem be choices about which kind of idea framework to use to understand facts wey dem don observe.
And dem dey judge dia value no be by if dem correct, but by if dem useful, and dem dey choose dem based on how useful dem be for each particular situation.
Dis one na exactly invention through design, no be discovery through observation.
Again, Newtonian mechanics, relativity, and quantum mechanics too be examples of framework design. Dem too be conceptual frameworks wey dem dey use differently based on how useful dem be, no be if dem correct, depending on di situation.
Dem dey call dis ones paradigm shifts, but e correct pass to see dem no be as a full change in thinking, but as increasing useful options. So, e fit correct pass to call dem paradigm inventions or paradigm innovations.
No be only science, for plenty other school areas too, useful conceptual frameworks dey sometimes new invented, instead of discovering dem through observation.
If we arrange am like dis, e go clear say invention through design get a very important place as a brain work, even inside school work.
How Skill Sets Different
Finding things out by watching and creating new things by design, na two very different brain works. Because of dat, dem need different different skills.
Di people wey cause big changes for how dem dey think for school work probably get dis two distinct skill sets.
But then, many scholars and researchers fit get recognition by writing papers if dem good for di brain work of finding things by watching inside frameworks wey don already dey.
So, no be all scholars and researchers must get di skill set for invention through design. Instead, di chances to do invention through design or to learn about how important e be fit no plenty.
Na why e no dey surprise say most scholars and researchers dey lean towards di skill set for finding things by watching, and dem no really get di skill set for framework design.
Software Engineers
For di other side, we get people wey their work na development. One correct example na different types of engineers wey dey involved in development.
Di skill set for invention through design, to different degrees, na essential skill for engineers for their different fields. Plus, dem dey gather dis skills through everyday development work.
But, dis design skills dey very specialized, unique to each field, and, apart from di very basic parts, dem no easy to carry go other fields.
Specifically, framework design for school work na specialized field wey involve rearranging abstract concepts for a meta-level.
So, just to get design skills no mean say person fit use dem for framework design.
However, among engineers, software engineers dey special. Dis na because dem dey regularly do di work of rearranging abstract concepts for a meta-level for software design.
Because of dis, software engineers fit get di skill set wey dem need for framework design for school work.
Of course, to fit use dis skills for advanced areas like academic framework design, person must dey very good for designing abstract concepts.
And people wey get di habit of thinking about new design models everyday go dey well-suited.