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COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STARTS WITH YOUR TECHNOLOGY CLASSES...
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88% Percent of U.S. Professionals Surveyed Believe Creativity Should be Built into Standard Curricula...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nov. 7, 2012 -- Creative thinking deserves a much higher priority in education curricula, according to college-educated professionals surveyed in new research released today by Adobe. The U.S. study, Creativity and Education: Why it Matters, sheds new light on the role of creativity in career success and the growing belief that creativity is not just a personality trait, but a learned skill. Based on the study, 85% percent of respondents agree creative thinking is critical for problem solving in their career, and 68% of respondents believe creativity is a skill that can be learned. Nearly three-quarters (71%) say creative thinking should be “taught as a class – like math or science.” The research is based on interviews with a nationally representative sample of 1,000 full-time salaried workers ages 25 and older with at least a four-year college degree. “Around the world, educators are already fostering creative thinking with their students,” said Jon Perera, vice president of education, Adobe. “What this study is telling us is that we need to empower and accelerate this shift. Creativity is a critical competency that should be taught within all disciplines. This will drive the global economy and the career success of the next generation.” Creativity is Key to Career Success Almost nine out of 10 professionals overwhelmingly agree that creativity is required for economic growth, and is valuable to society (96%). Additionally, 78% say it is important in their career. Yet, 32% don’t feel comfortable thinking creatively in their career, and a large majority (78%) wishes they had more creative ability. When asked to define creativity, the majority of respondents (66%) say they associate creative thinking with “thinking out of the box,” or “the ability to come up with innovative ideas.” Education Concerns The study points to a growing awareness – especially among professionals – that creativity and creative thinking deserve a bigger role in education. Ninety-one percent agree there is more to preparing for success in school than learning subjects, and 82% wish they had more exposure to creative thinking as students. Fifty-seven percent of professionals believed creativity would be important to their career while they were in college, compared to the 78% who believe it is important to their career now. Seventy-two percent say they were more focused on course subject material when they were in school than on creative thinking. Among education majors, 75% viewed creative thinking as important to their career while they were in college and 48% say it currently has a place in their career. |
How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready...
Research on high quality CTE programs and pathways shows that these programs reduce dropout rates; encourage participation in postsecondary education; and enable students to earn dual enrollment credits, industry-endorsed certificates, and technical endorsements on high school diplomas (Plank, DeLuca, & Estacion, 2005). CTE pathways have the potential to engage many more students and increase high school graduation rates and postsecondary success. Career and technical education (CTE) is an educational strategy for providing young people with the academic, technical, and employability skills and knowledge to pursue postsecondary training or higher education and enter a career field prepared for ongoing learning. CTE is eliminating vocational education that consisted of low-level courses, job training, and single electives and replacing it with academically rigorous, integrated, and sequenced programs of study that align with and lead to postsecondary education. These programs provide students with opportunities to acquire the competencies required in today’s workplace—such as critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving, innovation, teamwork, and communication—and to learn about different careers by experiencing work and workplaces. CTE is no longer just about teaching students a narrow set of skills sufficient for entry-level jobs; it is about preparing students for careers. High-quality CTE addresses the goals of college and career readiness and provides learning options that are appealing for students who might otherwise be at risk of leaving high school. High-quality CTE programs and pathways ensure that coursework is simultaneously aligned to rigorous academic standards and postsecondary expectations and informed by and built to address the skills needed in specific career pathways. CTE pathways and programs use applied, contextual learning to help students see the relevance of what they are learning and its connection to career opportunities and life goals. These pathways and programs also can provide innovative options for supporting students with different learning styles. The evolution of CTE is making it a more popular and viable option for students of all abilities. There Are A Lot Of Quirky Bargains in Higher Education...
Harvey Mudd College in California provides the best return on investment of any school, overall, because of its unique combination of liberal arts instruction combined with science and technology. The Colorado School of Mines ranks 11th out of nearly 1,000 schools — ahead of Penn, Brown, Columbia, Yale and many other premiere universities — because of modest tuition, generous amounts of financial aid and strong earnings by grads. Regional technical schools such as Stevens Institute of Technology, Polytechnic Institute of New York, Cooper Union and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana, offer a far better return than popular, well-known schools such as Rice, Duke, Vanderbilt and Boston College. And there are nearly 100 schools that offer a return on your education dollar that’s twice the median or more. Investing in one of those might make you smart before you even get to college NOTE: ISLIP currently has numerous students either enrolled in the schools mentioned above or have already graduated and are successfully working in the architectural or engineering field. |