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Over and above the annual Summit, WISE is an international initiative and platform for a multitude of established and new educational actors to collaborate proactively all year round. Via Gust MEES 
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Despite almost universal agreement that critical thinking needs to be taught in college, now perhaps more than ever before, there is much less agreement on definitions and dimensions. Via Gust MEES, Lynnette Van Dyke
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January 3, 2013 10:39 AM
Read also my curation here:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
's comment January 3, 2013 6:48 PM
Correction: "Critical thinking is thinking about thinking, while your're thinking, in order to make your thinking better." should be credited to Richard Paul.
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Here at Educon yesterday, I had the chance to learn a bit more about design thinking from David Jakes. David's central point was that schools and teachers often get stuck in a "Yeah, but..." mindset when thinking about change.
Of course, we'd have to work to take active steps to redefine almost everything about our schools if a culture of "Do" is really going to be possible.
===> Grading will need to change -- from a focus on content mastery to a focus on demonstration of an ability to apply content in novel situations <===
Via Gust MEES, Heiko Idensen
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January 3, 2013 10:26 AM
This is exactly my point of view since > 40 years already where I was a student at that time! BRAVO, I hope to see it be reality one day!
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January 7, 2013 4:25 AM
Culture of "know" grow up in the culture of "consulting" ?
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European Commission - Press Release - European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 November 2012
The teaching of IT, entrepreneurial and citizenship skills is fundamental for preparing young people for today's job market, but, in general, schools are still paying insufficient attention to these transversal skills compared with basic skills in literacy, mathematics and science, according to a new European Commission report. Part of the problem is rooted in difficulties with assessment.
===> For example, only 11 European countries (Belgium Flemish community, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Finland) have standardised procedures to assess citizenship skills, which aim to develop critical thinking and active participation in school and society. <===
Such testing does not exist at all for entrepreneurship and IT skills in any of the 31 countries which took part in the survey (27 EU Member States, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey). The report also outlines progress in teaching six of the eight key competences defined at EU level for lifelong learning in knowledge, skills and attitudes.
“It is only by equipping children and young people with the necessary skills, including transversal skills, that we will ensure that the European Union will have the means to remain competitive and to seize the opportunities of the knowledge economy,” said Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
"This study shows us where there is room for improvement and, most importantly, what we need to do to create more opportunities for our youth.
===> Rethinking education, a policy initiative that I will launch tomorrow, will outline concrete proposals for doing this." <===
Read more, a MUST: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1224_en.htm?locale=en
[Sounds a lot like a considerable portion of US educational policy...education for economic dominance. Will the West unite against the East? -JL] Via Gust MEES
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