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James O'Hagan

Predicting success in football and teaching : The New Yorker - 0 views

  • There are certain jobs where almost nothing you can learn about candidates before they start predicts how they’ll do once they’re hired. So how do we know whom to choose in cases like that? In recent years, a number of fields have begun to wrestle with this problem, but none with such profound social consequences as the profession of teaching.
James O'Hagan

The Creativity Crisis: Why American Schools Need Design - Laura Seargeant Richardson - ... - 0 views

  • The European Union declared 2009 as the Year of Creativity, and Chinese faculty actually laughed when they found out the U.S. education trends were in "standardized curriculum, rote memorization, and nationalized testing."
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      As we continue to centralize control, the less diverse we become. It's like 1984 with Newspeak.
  • here are approximately 170 occupational classifications that make up "New Work," which can be grouped into five major categories based on the types of knowledge, skills, and aptitudes needed. They are Creative, Education, Social, Technical, and Strategic
  • Ideal job candidates at these companies must now show they can "think with their hands" by having expertise or a second major in a musical instrument, auto repair, or sculpture
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      I never considered the music education that I had would improve my three dimensional thinking. That is a fascinating idea that is more like a Duh moment when I think about it now.
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  • STEM's biggest flaw is that it continues to shine a bright light on all things engineering while relegating art and design to a dusty corner.
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