I’ve been browsing the various lists of attributes that the curriculum-of-the-future should ideally develop, not least the ‘eight essential skills’ of listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, aiming high, leadership, and teamwork.
These are certainly all ‘good things’, and everyone reading this will undoubtedly have their own answer to the question “If you could add one more item to that list, what would it be?”.
It might indeed be highly informative to gather those ideas together, so let me get that ball rolling by offering a suggestion.
Different people might have different definitions of ‘systems thinking’, so let me explain what I think it is, and my reasons for advocating it as the ninth ‘essential skill’.
