Resilience – is this not the most important skill with which we must equip our students?
Risk-taking – do not all our young people need the ability to take risks in order to thrive in the modern workplace?
Problem-solving – has not the ability to think laterally and creatively become the trait most highly valued by employers today?
Handling failure – will we not all face failure in our lives and have to recover from set-backs?
Why is it that none of these skills, vital to 21st century life, are being prioritised within our new curriculum?
Regular readers will know my position on the importance of life and employability skills. You will also know my frustration as we have seen the worth of these skills consistently devalued by educational and curriculum reform.
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