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Like other aspects of modern life, education can make the head hurt. So many outcomes, so much important work to do, so many solutions and strategies, so many variations on teaching, so many different kinds of students with so many different needs, so many unknowns in preparing for 21st Century life and the endless list of jobs that haven’t been invented.
What if we discovered one unifying factor that brought all of this confusion under one roof and gave us a coherent sense of how to stimulate the intellect, teach children to engage in collaborative problem solving and creative challenge, and foster social-emotional balance and stability—one factor that, if we got right, would change the equation for learning in the same way that confirming the existence of a fundamental particle informs a grand theory of the universe?
That factor exists: It’s called empathy.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Empathy
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Soft+Skills
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Empathy
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Soft+Skills
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Daniel-GOLEMAN
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Emotional-Intelligence
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=EQ