Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, an education activist, lawyer and former research director for the non-profit People for Education, is one of the people sounding the alarm. The world of work is changing and schools have an important role to play in preparing our kids for a future that we can’t really even fully comprehend. But a growing chorus of experts says most schools aren’t adapting their teaching methods quickly enough to turn out the kind of workers we need. There’s a lot of teeth gnashing these days about how our kids aren’t going to be equipped for the workforce of the future. It says schools need to teach “4Cs” — creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication — in addition to the “3Rs” (reading, writing and arithmetic).

Source: thestar January 25, 2018 15:56 UTC