Useful debate... but it's worth mentioning that the word Ingenuity doesn't appear either. And although problem is there 25 times (people always find problems in education, sigh), the phrase "problem solving" isn't.
I don't think there is a conspiracy here, or a conscious abandonment of it because it's hard to measure, it's just that no one thought about it. Interesting when I show this to Civil Servants, who are almost all exellent and with smart minds, they just hold their heads in their hands... They really value creativity... it's just that new learning gets forgotten rather too often.
Stephen Heppell
Useful debate... but it's worth mentioning that the word Ingenuity doesn't appear either. And although problem is there 25 times (people always find problems in education, sigh), the phrase "problem solving" isn't.
I don't think there is a conspiracy here, or a conscious abandonment of it because it's hard to measure, it's just that no one thought about it. Interesting when I show this to Civil Servants, who are almost all exellent and with smart minds, they just hold their heads in their hands... They really value creativity... it's just that new learning gets forgotten rather too often.
...and so did I when I discovered this.