7 Skills students need for their future

[tonyaldorsey]

@VIRTLANTIS

[tonyaldorsey]

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[buzzin1975]

India and China will out innovate the U.S. in the near future, especially India. That means that Europe and its offshoots are doomed.

[baystategal]

I agree with the must-have skills, however, I question that these will provide job security. Many employees have these skills and are ignored. And while one can foster such qualities in people, the reality is that people, for the most part, have them or they don't. Nepotism, bias, and office politics are often the primary factors for promotion or who stays in lay-offs. The bigger question, is how to educate employers to recognize and value these qualities.

[SuperDogbrown]

hmm interesting vid here

[DistortedV12]

reconceptualizing is too slow. I think we are overlooking an even bigger problem.

[milanesadorada]

it's very interesting, he must have studied very good the area, but this is for all kind of people? those who are shame or smthng like that? I think that if all of us make that, we could very similar for each other so... it could be boring, I think that it's very good speech but we need to have our essence.

[SolverOfProblems]

Excellent coverage of what we both need economically and what we will need to have a good life. Both of those are what we need in order not to have our country continue to fall behind in income growth - as we can no longer rely on our former advantages where we were ahead in industrialization and capital formation - those have largely disappears as others adopt the technology and the formation of production entities in other countries. No matter the profession, these will be needed for all.

[ozziog]

As a mature student I witness every single day as a student with others in my class. I am a dinosaur as I come from another generation. I have experience of Dial up and can tell you the link between a pencil and a magnetic tape. If you do not engage this generation by talking to them and not at them, even in humor, they will ignore you and work round you.

[Guzzy30]

Yeah funny, got me there. He who makes no mistakes please step forward...

[annamarijasepilova]

13:56 ----> so it's not the teaching systems fault but testing. Change the way you test students and teachers will adapt..

[Guzzy30]

Grammer, Logic, Rhetoric- IN THAT ORDER! Otherwise it doesnot work right. It's called The Trivium...& no it's got nothing to do with the damn band.

[c90395398]

@Guzzy30 you mean "grammar"...

[thecj29]

Unless a kid will go to a foreign country, or has a great desire to learn one, it should not be pushed. For the average student it is useless and unnecessary.

[menglu21]

In this speech tony wagner has pointed out all the problems that exist nowadays in the American education system. and listed 7 skills that a student needs to have for making them selves ready in the ir future career , the thing is he has pointed out all the problems ,but i think the solution of these problems can be ready overnight , it even needs a generation of devoted teachers to work it out ........

[zassounotsukushi]

This was kind of interesting, but nothing that's very different than what everyone else has been saying about education.

I'm interested in the other side of things too - the changes in employment opportunities. What does it matter if we raise incapable people in this society if there are no jobs for them to be capable in? The nature of the creative workforce will be change in the future, but I hope it will still be there in 20 years.

[terdXmonster]

lol he said the longer students are in school the less curious they are i just graduated highschool and think that maby its because the way teachers teach makes learning boring and if we are in school learning in a boring way maby we start 2 twist boring together with learning i personaly love learning thats why im watching this vid but like i said boring+learning=lame so i teach myself what i can and i enjoy it a lot more cuz i can make it fun

[Mu5clehead]

People watch these seminars to better themselves to improve their income.

Why not just go to medical school to get that six digit salary?

It's challenging but it's worth it.

Trust me, it took me 2 yrs to get in to medical school since only 20% of applicants make it.

Good Luck To All! =)

[scout6686]

nothing new here folks; nothing original.

[jecjac79]

needs of students to engage...i was a student in AP classes until i graduated in 6/2009 and sometimes we did do bullcrap....i mean the info we learned was useful...but ummm test prep...i hated so much...as an education major there is so much more i can say and that i have learned....comment back i want to hear what you "old" ppl obviously have to say b/c u dont know what educ...is like anymore a lot has changed.....and we all need jobs....so dont say we neednt be prepared with our skills

[Mu5clehead]

@jecjac79 Great insight.

I'm a medical scholar only 'cause I'm deeply passionate about reasoning, science, and making the world a better place.

I think that's the main culprit of failure, is that kids are coming into Engineering, Medical, and Business only for the money. But the reality is to have the willpower to choose something you love and find a way to make a living or even a fortune out of your talents.

If this continues, failure cannot be evaded,

[jecjac79]

they treated us as junior adults and that was how our hs was designed with breaks and resource centers aside from the library were we could go to complete our assignments right after class if we pleased....however, i happpen to have a lot of common sense and am self driven what about students who dont have principles like me or a support system to back them....they need to be addressed well and thats where redesigning american education comes in because it is so important to address new

[jecjac79]

i think he makes a valid point...that can be backed by the simple fact i am a recent college graduate...your all knocking him for his use of terms...but he’s right we do express ourselves differently....i have just begun my second year of college...and although the transition was not that hard for i watched my other classmates struggle with workload and time management....thankfully i went to a h.s.... that prepared us, but it was our choice if we wanted to be prepared

[SeboZax7]

Hard skills can be taught. But, some skills cannot be taught. Those with innate gifted skills plus hard skills will be leaders.

[noigraud]

the best way to succeed in today's increasingly competitive global economy is to write a "survival skills for today's youth"book with trendy buzz words

[kloop64]

Just once I'd like to see an Harvard guy talk about education without reference to the global job market. We are not building labour capital; we are educating people. If education is reduced to job training, courses that enlighten get cut.

[BlacksAreBeautiful]

@kloop64 I really liked this video but loved your comment!!!

[kloop64]

@BlacksAreBeautiful Thank you for your reply. It inspired me to watch the lecture again with an eye to what I'm doing in classroom. Dr. Wagner's comment, "We're trying to do accountability on the cheap...", hit me like a ton of bricks. It is this imperative to "get through the content" that is taking the joy out of learning. We can talk all we want about critical thinking and collaboration skills, but as long as "content" rather than "skills" is the basis of the hidden curriculum, we fail.

[fire947man]

@kloop64 courses that "enlighten" don't pay the bills.

[VIRTLANTIS]

@kloop64 yes, very well said..."education" has been reduced to vocational training/preparation...critica­l thinking and creativity have been stifled/suppressed...knowledge gets memorized for the sake of making the grade...for the mere pursuit of degree/certificate...knowledge rarely gets learned for the sake of actual application...for the purpose of solution finding, etc...and students graduate thinking learning is over, in the past...and say thank god it's over...a sad state indeed...

[VIRTLANTIS]

and the focus here is once again (tragically) on "competition" instead of collaboration...

[VIRTLANTIS]

the lack of sound, holistic & critical thinking demonstrated here is astounding...fundamental change is needed and nothing said here smacks of fundamental IMO...it's more perpetuation of same ole, maintenance of status quo...not groundbreaking, not progressive, not radical, not forward-thinking...

[JoakimNilsson1]

I feel this is so spot on

[mavswi]

COLEGIO INGLES

[mesaunde]

Educate and Innovate!

[ddenhartog]

Excellent overview of current educational issues and where we need to go. Dr. Wagner speaks of networks of schools doing this ground breaking work. One such network is Expeditionary Learning Schools. Educators focused on the critical thinking, creative attributes that we hope all students embody.

[TheIdealmind13]

Very good! I see myself teaching my students critical thinking and problem solving in a more frequent and conscientious way. I hope this is the beginning of a change on the accountability tools used in our district.

[jchien]

Most of these skills can be subsumed under classical education: grammar, rhetoric, dialectic.

I don't like how authors make up new terms and lists when accepted terms suffice and the lists are nothing more than observations and conjectures. I know new terms and lists sell books because people are easily persuaded by big new words or terms and suggestions presented as commandments (conditioned by Christianity?). This style of presentation confuses rather than elucidates.

[kloop64]

@jchien Yep. I'm in a leadership cadre in my district, and it's five steps in this, 7 strategies for that. I'm sick of it. I haven't memorized Joe Blow's 8 goals. I guess I'm not in the club. I'm going to leave the classroom, invent 5 catchy terms and take it on the road. Wait for my book.