Comments on: What is it all worth? http://www.thethinkingstick.com/what-is-it-all-worth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-it-all-worth Educator Consultant Author Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jorgie http://www.thethinkingstick.com/what-is-it-all-worth/#comment-3670 Jorgie Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:14:04 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=802#comment-3670 Another part of this whole question could be: What about Liberal Arts Education? We see such an emphasis and need for skills based proficiencies that I sometimes wonder what happens to studying great philosophers, art, history and the like. Not everyone can be a Renaissance Man (and by that I actually included females) with skill in poetry, science, art and history but those provide a powerful base for the application of the skills in meaningful ways. This coming from a Science Teacher! Another part of this whole question could be: What about Liberal Arts Education?

We see such an emphasis and need for skills based proficiencies that I sometimes wonder what happens to studying great philosophers, art, history and the like. Not everyone can be a Renaissance Man (and by that I actually included females) with skill in poetry, science, art and history but those provide a powerful base for the application of the skills in meaningful ways.

This coming from a Science Teacher!

]]> By: Rick Biche http://www.thethinkingstick.com/what-is-it-all-worth/#comment-3669 Rick Biche Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:53:17 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=802#comment-3669 Based on the list of skills you have here, I would say that you wouldn't have to go to college for this job. But I would also interpret this list to be the skills of a production worker. A job classification that has never required college. Perhaps the college aspect is all the other stuff you learn, the other experiences you have, besides the hard skills. I wonder what skills this persons' supervisor has or would need? I wonder who thinks up the various strategies for targeting markets? And who pours over data to interpret and predict trends worth pursuing- or better yet to create trends? What qualifications would they need? And what would be the best way to develop these skills? And, of course if all we are teaching is job skills, then are we really educating lifelong learners? Based on the list of skills you have here, I would say that you wouldn’t have to go to college for this job. But I would also interpret this list to be the skills of a production worker. A job classification that has never required college. Perhaps the college aspect is all the other stuff you learn, the other experiences you have, besides the hard skills. I wonder what skills this persons’ supervisor has or would need? I wonder who thinks up the various strategies for targeting markets? And who pours over data to interpret and predict trends worth pursuing- or better yet to create trends? What qualifications would they need? And what would be the best way to develop these skills?

And, of course if all we are teaching is job skills, then are we really educating lifelong learners?

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