Position, reasons, evidence for reasons – the basics of argumentation are what we all should learn and emphasize. When writing for my traditional educator audience I try to take the position that the development of argumentation skills is more important than coding and more STEM. Argumentation is key to the process of science and to public involvement in politics.
You may not be able to read this article from the WSJ, I read it from another source but see the reference runs into the paper’s firewall. It takes the same position I take without the evidence from researchers that evaluate the skills of argumentation and test tactics for instruction. The point is not to avoid debate, but to do so in a way that requires examination of personal reasoning and to test the positions taken by other.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-get-along-better-we-need-better-arguments-1531411024