Melissa Scott

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  Melissa commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Sweden's "Free Schools" Incentivize Innovation, Better Prepare Kids for Future

    I find the following section so interesting because I am finding more and more that our students do no know how to problem solve.  They want me to figure out the problems they run into. I am not totally sure how or what caused this...I have my theories, but that's all they are.  One change that I have made this year that has made a difference is to take on the role as more of a facilitator than a "teacher."  So far the resuts have been pretty interesting, but I have some students who continue to struggle with thinking on their own.

  
  

  "Salam suggests that this alone is reason enough to transform the education system in the U.S. to focus more on so called 'soft skills' like creativity, problem solving, and team-work, rather than more mechanical tasks that can be done on a calculator, or rote memorization, from afar."