EDCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 21St Century Skills, Manual Labor School, Knowledge Worker
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No matter how prepared you are to succeed in college, you can (cid:1) improve with practice and effort (cid:1) (cid:1) The culture of college independent learning: this culture requires strong self-management skills. Digital revolution: the change in how people communicate brought on by developments in computer systems. Knowledge work: work that is primarily concerned with information rather than manual labor. College degree: statistics show that getting a degree increases your chances of finding and keeping a highly skilled, well-paying job. 21st century skills: taking a careful look at what the current workplace demands of workers and what it rewards, education and business leaders have founded an organization called the partnership for 21st century skills. Your major should be your passion and you should discover your mission in life. Your dream should be so big that it scares you. How do you define intelligence? (cid:1) (cid:1) the opportunity to do something, the ability to know how to do something.
