Raising thinkers : preparing your child for the journey of a life

It's no secret that we are preparing our dimpled darlings for a journey to a future filled with careers and opportunities that don't yet exist. How are we supposed to prepare our greatest and most precious investment, our children, for these unknowable pursuits of the future? By focusing on the journey, not the final destination, because their journey will create their destination. Raising Thinkers begins with an exploration of the possible futures that our children will inhabit as adults. It examines the skills that they will need most in these settings and what can reasonably be expected from the current school systems across the East and West. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, it covers the mechanics of high level, critical and creative thinking as well as how to coach emotional, social, and fluid intelligence in your growing thinker through a curiosity-based approach. For parents scoping the journey of a lifetime, Raising Thinkers is an invaluable guide to helping your children make the best possible decisions that they can, because today's decisions will create their future. The Skills In Shortest Supply For The Future Workplace Are Not Technical, But Behavioural – Creativity, Problem-solving And Critical Thinking. Raising Thinkers Begins With An Exploration Of This Skills Gap In Developed Countries Across The East And West From A National, Corporate And Educational Perspective. In Asia There Is Growing Unhappiness With A School System That Is Too Narrowly Focused On Rote Learning And Teaching To Test. In The West There Is Much Debate About The Efficacy Of School Systems That Either Cater Largely To The Lowest Levels Of Ability Or That Too Blindly Strive To Top Global Education Rankings. Raising Thinkers Provides Insight Into The Future That Today’s Children Will Inhabit As Adults And What Public School Systems Are Currently Serving Up. It Covers The Mechanics Of High-level, Critical And Creative Thinking, Problem Solving And Decision Making And Proposes A Curiosity-based Approach To Problems That Should Be Taught Right From School-going Years. School Reform Will Always Lag Behind The Ever Evolving Needs Of The Corporate World. For Current Scholars And Parents, Change Will Come Too Late – Therefore Raising Thinkers Is Also A Guide Aimed At Helping Parents And Caregivers Bridge The Skills Gap In Fun, Useful And Practical Ways. Raising thinkers into 2020 and beyond. Raising Thinkers introduces tools and techniques to enhance critical and creative thinking, decision making and emotional, social and fluid intelligence in a growing thinker.