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Education may be the passport to the future, but for all the good teaching out there, it would seem that schools are failing to impart some of the most important life skills, according to one educational expert.
Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group, argues that today’s school children are facing a “global achievement gap”, which is the gap between what even the best schools are teaching and the skills young people need to learn.
This has been exacerbated by two colliding trends: firstly, the global shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy, and secondly, the way in which today’s school children – brought up with the internet – are motivated to learn.
In his book The Global Achievement Gap, Wagner identifies seven core competencies every child needs in order to survive in the coming world of work.
1. Critical thinking and problem-solving 2. Collaboration across networks and leading by influence 3. Agility and adaptability 4. Initiative and entrepreneurialism 5. Effective oral and written communication 6. Accessing and analysing information
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Preparing a child for the world that doesn’t yet exist is not an easy task for any teacher. Step back and look at that picture from a broad perspective. What are the critical 21st-century skills every learner needs to survive and succeed in our world? What abilities and traits will serve them in a time that’s changing and developing so rapidly? They want to be challenged and inspired in their learning. They want to collaborate and work with their peers. They want to incorporate the technology they love into their classroom experiences as much as they can. In short, they have just as high a set of expectations of their educators as their educators have of them.
How Are Educators Responding?
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, (ACARA), have identified the following as the General Capabilities they see as essential for learners:
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Ethical understanding
Intercultural understanding
Information and communication technology capability
Literacy
Numeracy
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We all probably know someone who is very intelligent, but does blatantly stupid things. Despite evidence that intelligence predicts a variety of life outcomes, the relationship between intelligence and good thinking is less clear. This research explored whether critical thinking ability or intelligence was the better predictor of real life events. Community adults and college students (n = 244) completed a critical thinking assessment, an intelligence test, and an inventory of life events. Individuals with higher critical thinking scores and higher IQs reported fewer negative life events. Critical thinking more strongly predicted life events than intelligence and significantly added to the variance explained by IQ. There is ample evidence that critical thinking can be taught, so there is hope that teaching critical thinking skills might prevent the occurrence of negative life events. We advocate for critical thinking instruction as a way to create a better future for everyone. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Soft+Skills
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We are becoming increasingly aware of the need to analyze the enormous amount of information we receive every day. This information helps us in our cognitive development and participates in the construction of our patterns of perception of reality. In the case of children and young people, these patterns are in continual development. Critical thought is a cognitive process that proposes the systematic analysis of information, opinion and statements that we accept in our daily life as valid or true. It is a basic skill for a competent, free and responsible citizen. It is not about questioning every information we get everyday, it is about being critical with the information that is relevant to us when we make up an opinion about something.
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As the world economy shifts away from manufacturing jobs and towards service industry and creative jobs, there’s a consensus among parents, educators, politicians and business leaders that it is crucial students graduate into university or the workforce with the ability to identify and solve complex problems, think critically about information, work effectively in teams and communicate clearly about their thinking. Originally developed by Rotman’s former dean, Roger Martin, integrative thinking is a broad term to describe looking for solutions through the tensions inherent in different viewpoints. Martin noticed that effective CEOs understood that their own world view was limited, so they sought out opposing viewpoints and came to creative solutions by leveraging seemingly opposing positions. For the past seven years, a spin-off group called the I-Think Initiative has been training teachers in the Toronto area on how integrative thinking can build critical thinking in students from a young age. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
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L'esprit critique est une dynamique. Ce n'est jamais un acquis définitif, et il peut toujours nous arriver d'en manquer, d'être entraîné par nos opinions, par nos préjugés, de laisser de côté des aspects de la réalité qui nous gênent ou nous remettent en question. Le sociologue Max Weber, dans un ouvrage célèbre, Le savant et le politique, écrit : « La tâche primordiale d'un professeur capable est d'apprendre à ses élèves à reconnaître qu'il y a des faits inconfortables, j'entends par là des faits qui sont désagréables à l'opinion personnelle d'un individu ; en effet il existe des faits extrêmement désagréables pour chaque opinion, y compris la mienne » (Max Weber, Le Savant et le politique). On ne peut donc pas se prévaloir purement et simplement de l'esprit critique : on s'efforce d'en avoir, et cela se traduit par des pratiques. C'est à cet effort incessant que l'enseignant initie progressivement ses élèves. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
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Critical Thinking
As an organization, critical thinking is at the core of what we do, from essays and lists to models and teacher training. (You can check out What It Means To Think Critically for a wordier survey of the intent of critical thinking.)
For this post, we’ve gathered various critical thinking resources. As you’ll notice, conversation is a fundamental part of critical thinking, if for no other reason than the ability to identify a line of reasoning, analyze, evaluate, and respond to it accurately and thoughtfully is among the most common opportunities for critical thinking for students in every day life. Who is saying what? What’s valid and what’s not? How should I respond?
This collection includes resources for teaching critical thinking, from books and videos to graphics and models, rubrics and taxonomies to presentations and debate communities. Take a look, and let us know in the comments which you found the most–or least–useful. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
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Critical Thinking AND Proactive Thinking a MUST in Modern-EDU! WHY!? Looks to me as WE will live THE same as in 50's-60's with "James DEAN", Living on the edge Youth & Society", overload of information!? Change? At that time period it was TV, NOW it's the internet, similarities? Well, I think so!! A… Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Gust-MEES
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Im Netz gibt es sie wie Sand am Meer: Gefälschte und manipulierte Bilder, die mit Bildbearbeitungsprogrammen verändert wurden. Meist sollen sie nur für Lacher sorgen – manchmal fallen auch berühmte Persönlichkeiten auf diese „Shoops“ (benannt nach der beliebten Software „Photoshop“) herein, zur allgemeinen Belustigung. Überhaupt nicht lustig sind solche Fälle, in denen Fotomontage verwendet wird, um mit politischen Absichten einen falschen Eindruck zu wecken. So teilte die deutsche Politikerin Erika Steinbach ein Bild, das die „Refugees Welcome“-Bewegung verunglimpfte. Nach den Events in Charlottesville in den USA teilte ein Journalist ein Bild, das einen der rechtsnationalen Protestler gemeinsam mit US-Präsident Trump zeigt – ebenfalls eine Fälschung. In beiden Fällen wurden die Bilder tausendfach geteilt; definitiv keine kleine Sache, findet Georges Knell von BEE Secure. „Durch solche ,Fakes‘ lässt sich besonders leicht ein falsches Bild über bestimmte Personen oder bestimmte Gruppen von Personen verbreiten, besonders, wenn diese in einem negativen Kontext dargestellt werden. Oft ist es auch so, dass solche ,Fakes‘ öfter verbreitet werden, wenn sie in das Weltbild der bestimmten Person passen oder ihre Meinung über eine bestimmte Person respektiv über eine bestimmte Gruppe von Personen bestätigen. In solchen Fällen wird besonders schnell und ohne weiteres Nachfragen geteilt; das ist aber keineswegs nur ein Kavaliersdelikt, denn in den meisten Fällen verteilt sich der Inhalt damit wie ein Lauffeuer, während sich für eine eventuelle Richtigstellung meistens niemand mehr interessiert – so entsteht allzu schnell eine emotional aufgeladene Diskussion, die sich in einem Sturm der Entrüstung entlädt.
Durch Liken und Teilen in sozialen Netzwerken entsteht dabei eine Art Schneeballeffekt: Immer mehr Menschen bekommen Wind von der Kritik und hinterlassen ebenfalls Kommentare. Rationale Argumente haben dann oft keinen Platz in der Diskussion mehr. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.bee-secure.lu/ http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=No+Hate+Speech
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Critical Thinking and Students
Designing instruction that fosters critical thinking skills is a necessary part of our instructional process. We must make sure to proactively differentiate the learning to guide our students through a variety of levels of understanding.
Bloom’s Taxonomy has stood the test of time to empower our own thinking and reflective practices. Specifically the revised taxonomy and questioning techniques continue to guide teachers to evolve with the times to support learning through carefully designing and meaningful active learning for everyone. Check out Literacy is Not Enough to think about applying the important skills of problem solving, creativity, collaboration, analytical thinking, ethics, action, and accountability (Crockett, Jukes, & Churches, 2011). Now let’s make a shift. Think about how critical thinking skills could transform the process of co-teaching!
Let’s take a few mindful moments to realize the opportunities for your own critical thinking evolution.
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Teachers should embrace a radical pedagogy and provoke students to demand equality for themselves and others, argues vice principal Tait Coles Schools must develop a commitment to civic courage and social responsibility that ignites bravery in young people to realise they have the power and opportunity to challenge the status quo. School leaders have a duty to promote learning that encourage students to question rather than forcing teachers to lead drill-oriented, stimulus-and-response methodologies. Teachers must awaken the passions of their students and teach the knowledge and skills needed to direct and sustain it. Students need the freedom and encouragement to determine and discover who they are and to understand that the system shouldn't define them – but rather give them the skills, knowledge and beliefs to understand that they can set the agenda. Educators must be prepared to embrace a radical pedagogy and believe that each school should be one of freedom that provokes students to fight against the corridors of power and enforce equality for themselves and others. Critical pedagogy is the only way to achieve this. The philosophy was first described by Paulo Freire and has since been developed by the likes of Henry Giroux, Peter McLaren and Roger Simon. Critical pedagogy isn't a prescriptive set of practices – it's a continuous moral project that enables young people to develop a social awareness of freedom. This pedagogy connects classroom learning with the experiences, histories and resources that every student brings to their school. It allows students to understand that with knowledge comes power; the power that can enable young people to do something differently in their moment in time and take positive and constructive action. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Radical+Pedagogy
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The time has come for the media to review their current practices and demand utmost integrity from themselves and their people. I long for a day when the news media awaken to their conscience and accept responsibility as gatekeepers of the truth. It’s time for them to understand the vital role they play and to ensure that every member lives according to the highest standards of honor and integrity. The late Edward R. Murrow, one of journalism’s great figures, said, “To be credible we must be truthful.” The media have a moral duty and an obligation to live by that principle. Truth is not an option. It’s a necessity! Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?q=ethics
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Richard Paul's critical thinking model was adapted to the challenge of engineering education, and published in July 2006 as a guide to Engineering Reasoning. Paul's model is briefly described and exemplified by questions engineers ask in practice. This paper describes classroom exercises employing the model which are suitable for undergraduate and graduate engineering program.
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Education may be the passport to the future, but for all the good teaching out there, it would seem that schools are failing to impart some of the most important life skills, according to one educational expert.
Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group, argues that today’s school children are facing a “global achievement gap”, which is the gap between what even the best schools are teaching and the skills young people need to learn.
This has been exacerbated by two colliding trends: firstly, the global shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy, and secondly, the way in which today’s school children – brought up with the internet – are motivated to learn.
In his book The Global Achievement Gap, Wagner identifies seven core competencies every child needs in order to survive in the coming world of work.
1. Critical thinking and problem-solving
2. Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
3. Agility and adaptability
4. Initiative and entrepreneurialism
5. Effective oral and written communication
6. Accessing and analysing information
7. Curiosity and imagination
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