Around the World in 30 Days – November 2017
C. M. Rubin’s Monthly Global Education Round-Up Global problem solvers are in high demand. Just google Re-Imagine Education and check out the wealth of conferences and events focused on what learning matters to ensure individuals have the skills to think like entrepreneurs and collaborate with people from all backgrounds. What lessons can we learn from the 15 year-old girls who outperformed boys in collaborative problem solving in...
The Global Search for Education: No Pain No Gain – Top Global Teachers on Risk-Taking and Normalizing Struggle
Don’t try to innovate if you’re not prepared to make mistakes. Steve Jobs once said that “about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” All innovators feel challenged at different points because it’s just part of the work. So how do we teach youth that struggle is good, working hard is good, looking back on your mistakes is good, and finding new ways to tackle challenging...
The Global Search for Education: Wanted: Collaborative Problem Solvers!
Girls outperformed boys in every country. “Girls show more positive attitudes towards relationships, meaning that they tend to be more interested in others’ opinions and want others to succeed.” — Andreas Schleicher We live in a world where trust and teamwork is more important than ever. OECD Pisa has completed the first ever assessment of collaborative problem solving skills (CPS) to see how students stand in relation to their global...
The Global Search for Education: What’s Your Take on Singularity and the Threat to Humanity? – Millennial Bloggers Weigh In
Singularity. It’s discussed by futurists and by scientists. Then there are the rest of us grappling to get our heads around the “reality” that within a decade or so, Artificial Intelligence will cause machines to become “smarter” than human beings. What does all of this mean for quality of life and future learning? Ray Kurzweil talks about “tools that will extend our reach.” He notes that they’re already “making us smarter,” and he...
The Global Search for Education: Hello Coding – When Did You Get So Cool?
“We specifically write our content using language that even young children can understand.” — Derek Lo Why were 600,000 high-paying tech jobs unfilled in 2015 in the United States alone, or is the better question: Is technology developing faster than humans can learn to handle it? According to the White House, by 2018, 51 percent of STEM jobs will be in computer science-related fields. However, the number of tech employees has not...
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