"When
it is argued that the prime reason for high standards and high-stakes
testing is to create a productive workforce for the economy, we should
be cautious."
Henry
M. Levin, (1999)Stanford Professor of Education and Economics
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/indepth.htm
Levin's studies
in the 1990s led him to conclude that how well students do on current
tests in no way correlates to how productive they will be in the workforce.
There are 5 identified
key skills in this area:
- Plan flexibly
allowing for constant change
- Prioritise tasks
based on previous experience
- Demonstrate
capabilty, conceptual understanding and capability in the use of technological
tools to
- Manage self
and others with wisdom
In order to do
this studnets will need to be exposed to
- Strategic planning
tools
- Time management
- Technological
tools
- Just in Time
learning
