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2021-03-05
How We Learnt – An Introduction to Recent Education Psychology Findings
GE Insights The author (Prof Ng Tai Kai, Executive Director, the HKAGE) gives an introduction to cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and explains the importance of non-cognitive skills and affective education in this article.
2021-03-05
21st Century Competencies and STEM Education
GE Insights The author (Prof Ng Tai Kai, Executive Director, the HKAGE) explains why 21st Century Competencies and STEM Education becomes important in this article. The different requirement of human knowledge/techniques/mindset in the 21st Century compared with 19th -20th Century is explained and emphasised.
2021-03-05
The Nature of Creativity - and How to Nurture It
GE Insights Creativity is often referred to as the most valuable human asset in the 21st Century. However, the nature of creativity remains elusive – its origin seems to be mysterious and there is no systematic way of nurturing creativity in regular schools. In this article I shall introduce some of our modern understanding of creativity. The key message I want to introduce is that real-life creativity involves a complicated set of mindsets and skills in the domain of 21st Century Competencies. Although we do not understand fully the nature of creativity, we know some of the most important factors that contribute to ‘successful’ creativity, and from which we know how we can encourage more creativity in schools, universities, and real-life.
2021-03-05