Thinking through the design/implications - does that have to come from unstructured time? What if it were more thoughtful content - a series of problem(s) prop

Thinking through the design/implications - does that have to come from unstructured time? What if it were more thoughtful content - a series of problem(s) proposed at the beginning, walking through possibilities, and then the solutions revealed at the end? Is it possible that the content can teach us both knowledge and how to think/reason?