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"The creative and business value of people with dyslexia is becoming better understood – but is AI set to make things even better for dyslexic thinkers? VMLY&R Commerce’s Gemma Spence investigates ..."
Via Leona Ungerer
Estamos inmersos en un proceso continuo de mejora de las competencias digitales del profesorado, competencias imprescindibles para facilitar el proceso de aprendizaje del alumnado en la sociedad del conocimiento.
Via Gumersindo Fernández
Power skills, durable skills, human skills, people skills, durable skills, E.Q.: Whatever you want to call them, they’re in big demand now. But, as employers scramble to hire enough high-E.Q. people (including new college grads), and launch massive efforts to instill “power skills” in vast numbers of the employees they’ve already got, one question leaps to mind: Can these skills be taught?
It matters. As companies grapple with digitization, automation, and constant change, creating a culture where people can communicate their ideas is crucial to competitiveness. So are collaboration and creative thinking.
Meanwhile, for employees, as more and more tasks are taken over by algorithms, durable skills are becoming a kind of career insurance. Studies show that people with both technical expertise and strong human skills not only have their pick of jobs these days, but they earn far higher salaries too.
But it’s hard to tell if human skills training helps people change aspects of their personality—being resistant to new experiences, or having tone-deaf social skills, for instance. At the moment, no one has yet come up with a standard way to assess those skills before and after training. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Empathy http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Soft+Skills
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We increasingly hear employers, prospective students and futurists saying that it is all about the skills, not about the degree. What does that mean for higher ed? Historically, employers made the baccalaureate, and in some cases advanced degrees, the gateway to an interview. If you did not hold the sheepskin, you would not get in the door. But times have changed. Rapidly advancing technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, robotics and the advent of quantum computing have created an environment in which much of what is learned in college becomes outdated in a few short years. Certainly, the soft skills of creative thinking, critical thinking, communication and leadership do not go out of date and remain in demand by employers. But the hard facts and skills of most of the disciplines are changing as technology ripples through the economy and society.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Las Soft Skills cada vez son más reclamadas por las empresas en sus ofertas de empleo ¿Sabes qué son y por qué impulsan un nuevo modelo de formación?
Via Juergen Wagner
THINKING CLASSROOM PHILOSOPHY IN 4 QUESTIONS What ?
Teach learners how to think and learn Discover, value and use learners' strengths and interests
Combine the best new educational practices with the best traditional ones
Build and enrich learning relationships
Develop growth mindset characteristics and grit Why ?
Because learners need knowledge, flexible skills and grit to succeed
Because future economic & life success depends on skills and creativity
Because everyone learns in a unique way
Because education must continually prepare learners for an exciting but uncertain future
Because of Article 13a, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child How ?
By continually increasing the effectiveness of teaching
By teaching for character as well as content
By valuing each learner for what they do well
By educating for skills, character and values as well as knowledge
By preparing learners for their futures not our pasts
By valuing, supporting and resourcing all educators What if...
All learners were engaged, excited and interested in their lessons?
'School' evolved to match different lifestyles and different learning styles?
Teachers had time to enjoy their profession and real opportunities to thrive?
There was only one initiative and it was called "Learning"? Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Soft+Skills http://peterliljedahl.com/wp-content/uploads/Building-Thinking-Classrooms-Feb-14-20151.pdf
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Soft skills, ease with technologies are some of the most important skills undergrad students should be learning today for the future of tomorrow.
Via Becky Roehrs
Like other aspects of modern life, education can make the head hurt. So many outcomes, so much important work to do, so many solutions and strategies, so many variations on teaching, so many different kinds of students with so many different needs, so many unknowns in preparing for 21st Century life and the endless list of jobs that haven’t been invented.
What if we discovered one unifying factor that brought all of this confusion under one roof and gave us a coherent sense of how to stimulate the intellect, teach children to engage in collaborative problem solving and creative challenge, and foster social-emotional balance and stability—one factor that, if we got right, would change the equation for learning in the same way that confirming the existence of a fundamental particle informs a grand theory of the universe?
That factor exists: It’s called empathy. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Empathy http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Soft+Skills
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Developing Empathy Classroom Resources:School CultureAnti-Bias Domain:ActionGrade Level:Pre K to KGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 5Grades 6 to 8Grades 9 to 12Subject:Reading and Language ArtsELL / ESL
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"Given their importance, it can no longer be assumed that students’ social-emotional skills, traditionally emphasised by primary and secondary ..."
Via Leona Ungerer
Las compañías cada vez incluyen nuevas aptitudes dentro de las exigencias mínimas necesarias para cubrir el puesto de trabajo ofertado. Ya no es suficiente con tener conocimientos o formación académica. Ahora se demandan otro tipo de habilidades que van más allá del desempeño: son las soft skills o habilidades blandas.
Via Gumersindo Fernández
As the world fills with more sophisticated AI and ubiquitous technology, human skills--compassion, empathy, etc.--will define the competitive edge of workers and entire organizations. So those interested in thriving in a high-tech world must put renewed prioritization on emotional intelligence and soft skills.
Soft skills represent the top three missing skills of job applicants according to the Society of Human Resource Management's (SHRM) 2019 State of the Workplace.
Top 6 Missing Skills in Job Applicants
Problem-solving, critical thinking, innovation, and creativity (37 percent)
Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity (32 percent)
Communication (31 percent)
Trade skills (carpentry, plumbing, welding, machining, etc.) (31 percent)
Data analysis / Data science (20 percent)
Science / Engineering / Medical (18 percent)
The significance of developing and applying social and emotional skills is growing. Soft skills are twice as predictive of a student's academic achievement as home environment and demographics and 30-40 percent of jobs in growth industries require soft skills. Additionally, 57 percent of leaders say soft skills are more important than hard skills.
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Via Gust MEES
"As important as technical skills and knowledge may be in your industry, team leaders and teammates soon realize that the soft stuff is really the hard stuff.
Workplace performance is the result of developing your people beyond the normal range of technical skills.
Emphasizing soft skills is not just important – it is vital to creating a culture of consistent improvement and results.
Like many leaders, as a young coach I focused primarily on strategy and the requisite skills that I thought were important – but neglected the interpersonal dynamics that would have had a tremendous positive impact on our team success.
As Peter Drucker says, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
And if you are serious about improving your results, you need to invest time and resources in developing the soft skills that impact your culture."
Via John Evans
¿Qué deberían aprender los niños hoy en la escuela? ¿Cómo preparamos y formamos a la generación de la inteligencia artificial, el internet de las cosas, la impresión 3D, los coches autónomos, la robótica o el Big Data? El reto es complejo para educadores, familias, aprendices e instituciones. Desde mi punto de vista, lo más importante es que todos ellos tomen consciencia que el aprendizaje ya no está limitado a un espacio y un tiempo, que educar no significa meramente transmitir y memorizar información, y que es vital apostar por pedagogías que desarrollen íntegramente el ser humano.
Via Angel Acción Lamas, juandoming, Juergen Wagner
The Washington Post recently reported on a 2013 Google study of its hiring, firing, and promotion data since 1998. The study, called Project Oxygen, shockingly concluded that “among the eight most important qualities of Google’s top employees, STEM expertise comes in dead last.”
So, what came out on top? “The seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including others different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to make connections across complex ideas.”
The soft skills valued by employers are byproducts of foreign language acquisition. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Soft+Skills
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Everyone is born with the potential for greatness. What happens next is up to you. You get to choose which path you take, how high to set the bar for yourself, and how hard you’re willing to work to clear it. You get to decide how to spend your time, who to spend it with, and what you’re willing to forgo when time runs short. Every choice that you make and every action that you take has consequences, but who better to decide what’s best for you –– than you. It’s your life to live. Own it! Securing the ultimate prize takes strength and courage. You’re going to face challenges that seem insurmountable and suffer setbacks along the way, but faith, hard work, and determination will see you through. Don’t listen to naysayers or allow others to lead you astray; follow your heart and let your dreams lead the way. You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be. You’ll travel this road only once. Believe in yourself and make yourself proud. There are no dress rehearsals in life. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Character http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Frank+SONNENBERG
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Empathy is systemically related to all of the abilities on the compass, particularly to self-awareness at "true south." Research suggests that the more children become aware of themselves, the better they become at understanding others. Volumes have been written about how to teach empathy, and there is still much to learn. In an excellent article from the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, author Roman Krznaric, Ph.D., claims that highly empathetic people:
Cultivate curiosity about strangers
Challenge prejudices and discover commonalities
Gain direct experience of other people's lives
Listen and open themselves to others
Inspire mass action and social change
Develop an ambitious imagination
All of these behaviors foster personal growth and lifelong learning while contributing to the growth of society, particularly empathy's role in inspiring social change.
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Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist. They h
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Why are some people so much better at expressing empathy than others?
Psychologists define empathy as sensitivity to the emotions, both positive and negative, of other people. You can feel empathic—or empathetic (the two words are used interchangeably)—to someone who is feeling positive feelings, such as amusement or joy, in addition to someone who is feeling sadness or anger. “Empathy is being in the heart of another person,” says Susan Kuczmarski, a cultural anthropologist and adjunct faculty member in the executive education program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Researchers have determined that people react in one of two ways when faced with another person’s emotions. Sometimes people respond with “empathic concern” or caregiving. They see themselves as a source of comfort or support for the other person.
But sometimes people feel threatened by the other person’s emotions and focus instead on themselves. They might try to help, to minimize their own discomfort. Typically they distance themselves. Psychologists call this response “empathic distress.” Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Empathy http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Soft+Skills
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