I found this article Culture Change For Learning that has a laser focus on issues in higher education today specifically addressing the lack of at the undergraduate level:
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Writing Skills
The authors are spot on but need to figure out how to get their point across in a more congent fashion. Writing "by the pound" doesn't cut it with me. Long form journalism on the Internet just does not attract readers in the same way that books or magazines do.
They pose 4 areas of systemic re-thinking... however how about this? Just create standards that EVERY course must address and tieback back to:
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Writing Skills
I do this with each and every class I teach. It is not difficult to add into the curriculum AND is does require more work and diligence to insure students leave at the end of the semester with a slightly better understanding of the above.
If every class adhered to this, cumulatively, students would leave college better prepared for the over used phrases "the new normal"!
All the best!
Dom Celentano
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