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For Teachers – How to Teach the Critical Skills
My admiration for those who have chosen a teaching career is high. Many of my own teachers – K-12 and through college have been lifetime role models for me. Nearly all were very good and dedicated to...
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Field Studies – The BEST Way to Teach Critical Skills
The Field Study is the most powerful method of enabling students to learn, practice and manage critical skills. A detailed description of the field study process along with specific examples of field...
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Commencement Address . . . Some Time Ago . . .
I gave a few high school commencement addresses – typically they were as follows The student body president was eloquent in her remarks reflecting on the students’ experiences in high school and her...
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A Brave New World
At the middle of the twentieth century at the end of World War II, the United States was near full employment, Europe, Japan and China were devastated, and the US had virtually no competition in the...
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From the Business Perspective . . .
Much has been written and discussed about core competencies and how they are used to define the uniqueness of a company or organization. Core competencies, however, are not critical skills – even...
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The Time Management Skill
The Time Management skill is pretty simple in concept, but is often a struggle for us all. The Time Management skill enables an individual to determine what tasks are most important and how to devote...
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“Houston, we have a problem!” Critical Skills at their finest!
It was just a short transmission. “Houston, we have a problem,” Captain James A. Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, said calmly. That was an understatement; and it set in motion one of the most dramatic...
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Seventh Graders Conduct Sophisticated PBL Project To Practice Critical Skills
The seventh grade science class at Briggs Middle School in Eugene, Oregon provides an excellent and highly creative example of learning and practicing the critical skills through a project involving...
View ArticleMultitasking – How This Time Management Skill Affects Your Productivity
When and if you “multitask” – doing more than one task at a time – does it make you more productive or efficient? Psychologists who study what happens to cognition (mental processes) when people try to...
View ArticleTime Management Tips for Entrepreneurs
Bri Seeley discusses three important time management tips to guarantee that the actions you take today are feeding your long-term business goals and maximizing your time. You can access the tips by...
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