19/04/2020
Our co-founder Crystal Lim-Lange shares her thoughts on Channel NewsAsia : COVID-19 poses a valuable opportunity to remind ourselves that the bigger picture skills students need in this unpredictable world are meta-skills that they can apply to many different scenarios, e.g. creative problem-solving, focus and perseverance, critical thinking, and above all, adaptability.
As our youth watch this pandemic unfold, they are learning lessons about how interconnected we all are, and what globalisation really means.
They are learning how fragile our ecosystem is, the miracle of the human body and its various unbelievably intricate mechanisms.
While they walk past cordoned-off playgrounds and closed swimming pools and empty movie theatres with aching hearts, they are recognising the value of human connection, and acknowledging there is a limit to how much fun they can have on screens alone.
Let us not squander the opportunity this crisis offers and rebuild our education systems thoughtfully and intentionally, celebrating resilience, creativity and adaptability as the cornerstones of what it means to be educated in this brave new world.
Educators, parents and students have to find a way to use this outbreak to reimagine education, including what and how our kids learn, says ...