1 apr. 2013

Today, tomorrow and allways - greetings to the teaching's wonderland

We have our own Wagner, Juba ©.
Every middle-class job today is being pulled up, out or down faster than ever, reported in The New York Times.

That is, it either requires more skill or can be done by more people around the world or is being buried — made obsolete — faster than ever.
Which is why the goal of education today, argues education specialist Tony Wagner, should not be to make every child college ready but innovation ready  — ready to add value to whatever they do.
Yes, from Harvard's perspective: the illusion of progress (Pentti Linkola definition from 1971) in all its glory.

... knowledge is available on every Internet-connected device, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know.

... but sure, we do not pay to teachers like to doctors.
The capacity to innovate — the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life — and skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration are far more important than academic knowledge.
Yes, Mr. Wagner.

We have to be resolved before any other ethical and ecological problems, so that species-threatening self-destruction can be avoided.
The key word is the indoctrination, which must able to be separated from the teaching, and remove it.
Must go and developing new approaches to teaching 21st-century skills.
As one executive told to you, We can teach new hires the content, and we will have to because it continues to change, but we can’t teach them how to think — to ask the right questions — and to take initiative

Who is doing it right?(asked Thomas L. Friedman)
Finland is one of the most innovative economies in the world, and it is the only country where students leave high school ‘innovation-ready.’
They learn concepts and creativity more than facts, and have a choice of many electives — all with a shorter school day, little homework, and almost no testing. (?)
The image is glorified, there lacks only Santa's giving innate gifts and talents for our children.

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