A Whole New Mind, David Pink
The World Is Flat,
We need these curricula to start and be taught at each of the grades and levels of education. We need also to know that each of us is capable of learning and doing these:
Critical thinking
Basic analysis
Emotional intelligence
Taking responsibility
Problem solving
Learning to describe what one sees
Unstructured problem solving
Communication
Oral - Try to convince someone
Written - Try to convince someone
How to access and use information
Playing with our imagination
How to live life
How not to believe fears (we no longer get to numb out and be mechanical or unproductive, which means there will be less and less that is structured - and to handle that we need to rise to a higher level of thinking and to a place where we no longer fear unreasonably.
Where do "tests" fit in all of this?
Will we engage in just teaching to the test. Are we doing accountability on the cheap. OUr multiple choice tests tell us nothing about the critical skills. We've got to test whether a student can reason, analyze, hypothesize, weigh evidence, read text well and really comprehend what they're reading, how well they can communicate the things that matter most. All young people will need to get and keep these skills.
