The education debate needs to shift away from whether skills are important, to how they can be developed.
It's critical we find ways to encourage wider skills in young people, including foresight, imagination, self-awareness, curiosity and the capacity to take informed risks, to help them navigate their way through an increasingly uncertain and unpredictable world.
A world in which the ability to come up with and implement new ideas will be essential.
Published
July 2009
Author
Bill Lucas and Guy Claxton
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