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OPINION: When ‘business as usual’ is no longer defensible in the liberal arts

The Hechinger Report

In addition to field-specific knowledge in, for example, computer science or history, sound liberal arts education delivers the development of transferable skills, such as “critical thinking.” When pressed for specifics, they say things like: “your grads never give up” and “they come up with approaches I’d never think of.”.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

For example, we grouped together “creating authentic learning opportunities,” “challenge-based or problem-based learning,” and “developing civic knowledge through hands-on community engagement” because they all use hands-on, collaborative activities that are based on real-world conditions.

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Teaching What Matters: Preparing Students for an AI-Driven World

Dr. Shannon Doak

Emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and adaptability—things that go far beyond the technical. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving : Instead of just drilling memorization, we need to help students flex their critical thinking muscles. The essential skills for these jobs?