But skimming is not just reading in a hurry, or reading sloppily, or reading the last line and the first line. It’s actually a disciplined activity in its own right.
I think this is something that people need to shift their perspective on. Skimming has a really negative connotation, as though you didn't actually try or put any effort in, but it really is a great way to learn how to read and take away important points.
Without the disciplines, interdisciplinarity would have nothing to build on, nothing to incorporate or weave together in order to find solutions to world problems
I think this is an important thing to understand, that having disciplinary knowledge is not a bad thing and is necessary for interdisciplinarity
At present, too many schools focus on cramming information. In the past this made sense, because information was scarce, and even the slow trickle of existing information was repeatedly blocked by censorship.
I have found that this is one of schools' falling points, this reminds me of the article that focuses on growth mindset vs fixed mindset
But a major failure of our higher-education system is that it has largely come to serve as a job-readiness program.
I strongly agree with this statement, I have found in my experience that many students are not studying what they are passionate about but rather what they think is going to get them the best job
With metacognition, you are able to take your mind out of society’s views and have your own views. You can be your own self and that is who you should want to be most! Because at the end of the day, your opinion and your thoughts matter, and you need to make those important to you before they are important to anyone else.
I hadn't thought of this part of interdisicplinarity before reading this article, so I found it interesting learning about the concept of metacognition
In building that personal cyberinfrastructure, students not only would acquire crucial technical skills for their digital lives but also would engage in work that provides richly teachable moments ranging from multimodal writing to information science, knowledge management, bibliographic instruction, and social networking
With their own url, students would be able to share with the world what they are doing which gives much needed meaning to their studies. It is helpful for graduate studies and employers to get a more comprehensive understanding of who they're looking at, and it is also a tool for friends and family to see what you are doing at school.
While some schools are turning to social media monitoring firms to keep an eye on students online, rarely do schools give students the opportunity to demonstrate the good work that they do publicly.
I think that people are really critical of millennials/Gen Z without offering them help. Instead of constantly berating them over their internet use, I think it's more beneficial to teach them how to use it as a tool.
Progressive wisdom now seems to converge around the idea that students sharing their work beyond the classroom provides them with meaningful motivation to do that work and a greater sense of purpose than is available within the classroom alone.
I think this is really important, especially for high school and college students. I think it's really hard for high school students see that they really are working towards tangible rewards, and I think it's important for college students to understand that now their actions can have actual consequences- whether that be positive or negative.