Innovative, resilient kids in a new world
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one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today and is obsessed with how to prepare the world, especially our children, for a world of radical transformation and untold uncertainties.
the best two things to teach children to prepare them for an uncertain future are reinvention and resilience.
teaching "the four Cs - critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity". He believes that schools should over-emphasise general-purpose life skills - which will help a child deal with the coming changes and uncertainties - over technical skills, which are easily outdated, for example, learning a programming language or how to use a specific computer application
reinvention requires people to hone the ability to make sense of vast amounts of information and develop the ability to tell the difference between what is important and unimportant. .... "In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power."
Reinvention will inevitably mean there will be failures along the way. The inherent uncertainty of these activities will require children to have an ability to keep pushing on, despite facing challenges and setbacks along the way, leading to the second area of focus - the need for resilience.
Qns:
1. To what extent are young people in your society prepared for a world that is constantly changing? (RI Prelim 2019)
2. Education should only be concerned with what is useful in life. Discuss. (Cam. 2013)
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one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today and is obsessed with how to prepare the world, especially our children, for a world of radical transformation and untold uncertainties.
the best two things to teach children to prepare them for an uncertain future are reinvention and resilience.
teaching "the four Cs - critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity". He believes that schools should over-emphasise general-purpose life skills - which will help a child deal with the coming changes and uncertainties - over technical skills, which are easily outdated, for example, learning a programming language or how to use a specific computer application
reinvention requires people to hone the ability to make sense of vast amounts of information and develop the ability to tell the difference between what is important and unimportant. .... "In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power."
Reinvention will inevitably mean there will be failures along the way. The inherent uncertainty of these activities will require children to have an ability to keep pushing on, despite facing challenges and setbacks along the way, leading to the second area of focus - the need for resilience.
Qns:
1. To what extent are young people in your society prepared for a world that is constantly changing? (RI Prelim 2019)
2. Education should only be concerned with what is useful in life. Discuss. (Cam. 2013)
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