Focusing on skills and skill sets rather than focusing on the humanities is in great part the reason for the downfall of education. Graduating students as cogs in a wheel means they will never get out of being cogs and will preserve the status quo. Innovation requires other tools – including critical thinking and thinking outside the – well – wheel. Skills ensured my place in the wheel in this brave new world. The humanities – especially literature and history – ensured my place as a human being in a world that sees people as cogs.
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– 8 habits of highly effective teachers
Teaching Skills: What 21st Century Educators Need To Learn To Survive: great post on Robin Good’s website [link] with this fantastic graphic by Andrew Churches on Eight Habits of Highly Effective 21st Century Teachers: