we need to shift from a purely knowledge-based education toward a focus on skills (creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration), character (mindfulness, curiosity, courage, resilience, ethics, leadership), and meta-learning (learning how to learn, growth mindset, metacognition). Schools will need to prepare students to find the intersection between these four dimensions of knowledge, skills, character, and meta-learning
Eyes wide shut? Are you letting your kids sleepwalk into their future? - lifehacksforkids - 0 views
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“Focus on development of key skills and attributes that will be at a premium in the future, including resilience, adaptability, resourcefulness, enterprise, cognitive skills (such as problem solving), and the core business skills for project based employment.”
Experts on the Future of Work, Jobs Training and Skills | Pew Research Center - 0 views
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Many of them say that current K-12 or K-16 education programs are incapable of making adjustments within the next decade to serve the shifting needs of future jobs markets.
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“The most important skill is a meta-skill: the ability to adapt to changes. This ability to adapt is what distinguished Homo sapiens from other species through natural selection.
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The nature of this change may require the world to shift to a ‘Post Economic Growth’ model to avoid societal dislocation and disruption.”
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Using Metacognition to Reframe our Thinking about Learning Styles - 0 views
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Rather than relying on learning styles, focusing instead on metacognition can provide students with strategies that can be adapted and applied based on the learning environment and task.
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A metacognitive student is aware of his or her own learning processes and adjusts these processes accordingly.
5 ways teachers can improve student learning based on current brain research | eSchool ... - 0 views
From Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience |... - 0 views
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When was the last time you wrote an essay? When was the last time you read one other than for grading?
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We need to reframe our conversation about writing from one based on polarities of analog versus digital to one about purpose, passion and relevance.
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Social media: The haiku of digital writing
6 Common Misunderstandings About Assessment - 0 views
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Assessment involves timely, detailed feedback based around clearly defined learning outcomes. Evaluation is “giving a grade”
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the collation marks too often includes work which was done before students had mastered the material
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pursuit of ‘marks’ often distracts students’ focus from the work at hand
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6 Strategies For Creating An Inquiry-Driven Classroom | Modern Education - 0 views
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