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"In a world where knowledge is readily available on every Internet-connected device, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know."
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Scooped by Beth Dichter |
Scoop.it!
Beth Dichter's insight:
How should we be preparing todays students for their future jobs? This post recommends that colleges need to be "adding the value and teaching the skills that matter most in the marketplace."
And what skill is most critical? Imagination. That's right, we need to teach our students to be "innovation ready," to have the skills to solve problems creatively, to think of new ways to address issues, to be critical thinkers, to communicate, to collaborate. In fact the post states "In essence, students and young professionals today will have to “invent” their future jobs."
The post looks at the difference between innovation and creativity, where innovative teaching is taking place, and then provides a list of 25 ways to create your own classroom of innovators. Three of the suggestions are below. Each has additional details in the post (and there are 22 more for you to check out).
* Urge students to imagine the skills – not the job title – they want.
* Promote creativity
* Build intrinsic motivation
At all levels of schooling we need to teach our students skills that they will need in the future...the job market is changing so rapidly that we have a difficult time imagining what the future jobs will be. Is it possible for each of us to begin to plant the seeds of creativity and innovation in our students (at all levels) to help them prepare for their future?
Fantastic list at the bottom of this article about how to foster a classroom of innovators.
A must