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T.J. Edwards

Why we should bring back vocational training | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 0 views

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  • College isn't for everyone.
  • That's 59 out of 100 students whose high school program (or life situations) didn't prepare them for the type of work they'll be doing for the rest of their lives
  • The demise of vocational education at the high school level has bred a skills shortage in manufacturing today, and with it a wealth of career opportunities for both under-employed college grads and high school students looking for direct pathways to interesting, lucrative careers."
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  • Because my high school offered auto mechanics as part of a region-wide vocational program, I thought I could add that onto my course load with some careful maneuvering of classes. The problem was, I was a strong student academically. And the part of New York where I'm from, like many other places, separated students into academic versus vocational training tracks — and never the twain shall meet
  • just because someone studies to be a car mechanic doesn't mean they won't love Shakespeare or calculus is just as silly as assuming that someone headed to college doesn't need to know how to fix a car.
  • but I never really "use" trigonometry either
  • vocational programs for everyone would allow academically oriented kids to find new hobbies or new ways to solve problems, and would also destigmatize the jobs that they're connected to — which are necessary, interesting and challenging. There's more than one path to success
Bo Adams

What's Going on Inside the Brain Of A Curious Child? | MindShift | KQED News - 1 views

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Brain-based neuroscience HowWeLearn curiosity

shared by Bo Adams on 30 Nov 17 - No Cached
  • when kids are curious, they’re much more likely to stay engaged.
  • ‘Curiosity really is one of the very intense and very basic impulses in humans. We should base education on this behavior.’
  • brain’s chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information.
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  • “But even people with really good memory will remember only a small fraction of what happened two days ago.”
  • When the participants’ curiosity was piqued, the parts of their brains that regulate pleasure and reward lit up. Curious minds also showed increased activity in the hippocampus, which is involved in the creation of memories.
  • dopamine
  • curious brains are better at learning not only about the subject at hand, but also other stuff — even incidental, boring information.
  • She says her students love exploring the mysterious unknowns in science: What happens when a car crashes? Why does one car get more beat up than the other? Why do some people look more like their aunt than their mom? How do rainbows work?
  • Bo Adams on 30 Nov 17
     
    HT Kelly Kelly
Jim Tiffin Jr

d.School Design Thinking Method Cards - Bootcamp Bootleg - 0 views

PDF d.school cars mindsets design thinking

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16
     
    Has short snippets of the most valuable aspects of the d.school's design thinking methodology. Some valuable bookmarks for this document include the following: p3 - DT Mindsets
Jim Tiffin Jr

Ford CEO Jim Hackett Brings Design Thinking to Cars - The Atlantic - 1 views

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design thinking The Atlantic Ford story fromTwitter UX designthinking

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    Story of design thinking... applied!
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