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Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century
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Reed, Stephen K. – Oxford University Press, 2020
In "Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century," Stephen Reed discusses a Future of Jobs report that contrasts trending and declining skills required by the workforce in the year 2022. Trending skills include analytical thinking and innovation, active learning strategies, creativity, reasoning, and complex problem solving. Part One…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, 21st Century Skills, Labor Force Development, Creative Thinking
Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming from STEM to STEAM Education. Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series
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Thomas, Kelli, Ed.; Huffman, Douglas, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
The addition of the arts to STEM education, now known as STEAM, adds a new dimension to problem-solving within those fields, offering students tools such as imagination and resourcefulness to incorporate into their designs. However, the shift from STEM to STEAM has changed what it means for students to learn within and across these disciplines.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Educational Change, Barriers
Imagination for Inclusion: Diverse Contexts of Educational Practice. Routledge Research in Education
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Bland, Derek, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2016
"Imagination for Inclusion" offers a reconsideration of the ways in which imagination engages and empowers learners across the education spectrum, from primary to adult levels and in all subject areas. Imagination as a natural, expedient, and exciting learning tool should be central to any approach to developing and implementing…
Descriptors: Imagination, Learning Processes, Educational Practices, Learning Theories
Cooperative Learning Activities for Social Studies (Challenging).
Jasmine, Grace; Nader, Lillian – 1995
This resource book presents cooperative learning activities which relate to our world and the social studies. The book is divided into three sections: (1) "Preparation," to help make cooperative learning part of the curriculum today; (2) "Activity Units," focusing on world culture, natural history, governments and leaders, and contemporary…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Activity Units, Cognitive Processes, Cooperation
Teaching Tips Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction
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Druger, Marvin; Crow, Linda – National Science Teachers Association (NJ3), 2004
Like a spirited idea exchange among experienced professors, "Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction" brings the best thinking from campuses nationwide about how to engage undergraduate science students. Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST), "Tips"…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Sciences, Misconceptions
Design as a Catalyst for Learning.
Davis, Meredith; Hawley, Peter; McMullan, Bernard; Spilka, Gertrude – 1997
This book presents findings of a 1993 study of how design in the curriculum helps students achieve national educational objectives. It also explores opportunities for expanding the role design can play in students' academic lives. Results of the 1993 study reveal how the use of design experiences in classrooms provides teachers and students with a…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Architecture, Art, Building Design