From DSC:<\/em> So I read the blog posting and then I listened to Tony Wagner’s address. Below are my notes from his talk.<\/p>\n What’s the problem we need to solve in education?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n Tony focused on skill<\/strong> (adding value) and will<\/strong> in this keynote. Need to be a continuous learner.<\/p>\n Tony talked to senior executives — what skills do you need today? Where are the gaps?<\/strong><\/p>\n 7 survival skills\/competencies a person needs before they reach the end of their secondary school:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n New achievement gap — these 7 survival skills vs what is being taught around the world.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Growing unemployment of college graduates compels us to look at goals of education.\u00a0 Academically adrift — communication skills not growing in college.<\/p>\n One person to Tony: Want graduates who have a sense of mission.\u00a0 Autonomy.<\/p>\n How do we prepare kids to “Just go figure it out.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We need innovators — creative problem solvers. People who ask the right questions.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The teachers (of innovative individuals) who made the greatest difference were outliers in their respective institutional settings but were remarkably alike in their patterns of teaching and learning.\u00a0 The culture of schooling, as we continue to practice it, is fundamentally and <\/strong><\/span><\/em>radically<\/strong><\/span> at odds with the culture of learning to be an innovator in 5 respects:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Parents and teachers of these innovative individuals emphasized 3 things:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Provided a buffet of opportunities to discover interests. But did not pigeonhole the person.<\/p>\n We have some responsibility to others — to give back — and to make a difference.<\/p>\n So much of our thinking revolves around delivery systems, but what about the GOALS of education? All too often assumed.<\/p>\n Need to be differently prepared vs. students\/graduates of 50 years ago.<\/p>\n How do we motivate students to want to be continuous learners?<\/p>\n A merit badge approach to learning. Evidence. Digital portfolios.<\/p>\n In Finland and Singapore one can see the massive importance of — and investment in — teaching as a profession.\u00a0 Elite group of teachers. Trust through professionalism.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Collective human judgement is key. High stakes testing is completely distorting education system. What gets tested is what gets taught.<\/p>\n Preparation for citizenship <\/strong>is equally important (as skills development for earning a living).<\/span><\/p>\n Why not specifically teach about entrepreneurship?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Finland — much less homework, and far more opportunities to discover interests and to be entrepreneurial. 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\nI ran across Manish Mohan’s blog posting — Seven Survival Skills in Today\u2019s World<\/a><\/strong> — which focused on Tony Wagner’s keynote address at the IFC’s International Private Education Conference: Rethinking Education, Shaping the Future.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n“I want young people who can ‘Just go figure it out.'”<\/p>\n\n
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