Tony Wagner, the author of The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do About It, has done hundreds of walk-throughs in the best public and private high schools. He says that even the best are missing the Seven Survival Skills critical for future generations.
He promotes these skills as the "Three R's" of this generation. They are the "new basic skills" for work, learning, and citizenship in the twenty-first century.
The Seven Survival Skills are as follows:
1. Critical thinking and problem solving
2. Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
3. Agility and adaptability
4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
5. Effective Oral and Written Communication
6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
7. Curiosity and Imagination
The content of the book challenges the way we think about teaching and learning. It is well worth the read or check out the video in the links!
