SKills for Success

After watching both videos, I believe the biggest takeways from both are rooted in the soft skills you need to be successful, a shift from WHAT and HOW MUCH you may know. That being said, some quesitons I may ask might be:

• What skills do you see in your students? Which ones are lacking?

• Do you feel like you are setting them up for success with how you teach?

• Do you feel society now is equipping people for our future?

• How do people become leaders now?

• What are we missing in school to prepare our students for the future?

Wagner takes a more nebulus approach, offering that we are teaching kids to solve problems we have now instead of thinking about what the problems they may face in the future. He also referenced "Answeritis" - the notion that we must solve the problem even if we do not fully understand it. Deep understanding and dissection must occur before a lasting solution can be developed. Careers t

hat follow routine are no longer being done by our greatest thinkers, but rather automated or outsourced and as new work is being developed, new ways to do it must also follow suit.

Galinksy is more succinct - stating that it is no longer about the WHAT we teach but HOW we teach it. She mentions communication being like the "elevator speech"- in which we have a short window to effectively commnicate. Both videos address the idea of critical thinking and analyzation, working on your own motivation and initiative, understanding and using the persepctives of others, and adapting through challenges.

It is no longer about a simple 9-5 and they way we were taught simply will not do. People are now rising up based on their ideas and influence, not because they are the "boss." We have to raise up creators and curators.

REFERENCES

Asia Society. (2009, October 1). 7 Skills students need for their future [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2PqTTxFFc

Big Think. (2013, July 18). The Seven Essential Life Skills, With Ellen Galinsky | Big Think Mentor | Big Think [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdIkQnTy6jA&feature=youtu.be