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Needless to say those three words grabbed my attention immediately. And then when he said …
The culture of schooling is radically at odds with the culture of learning that produces innovators.
Tony Wagner
I was hooked.
Very good Ted Talk - just one gripe …
He just about opens the talk with
I came to understand, that there’s a set of core competencies every young person must be well on their way to mastery before he or she finished high school.
critical thinking and problem solving
collaboration across networks and leading by influence
agility and adaptability
initiative and entropenorialism
effective oral and written communication
accessing and analyzing information
curiosity and imagination
Tony Wagner
i.e. if you have left school, sorry - we taught you all wrong as to how to succeed in the life in front of you.
What he should have said was
I came to understand, that there’s a set of core competencies every person must master.
I know he doesn’t mean it and I guess it is about education - but the implication is that you have left school then ‘we taught you all wrong’.
Keeping that in mind … well worth a watch.
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