Sentences with phrase «skills by education reformers»

I have previously written in this space an analysis of the promise and perils of the embrace of soft skills by education reformers.

I have previously written in this space an analysis of the promise and perils of the embrace of soft skills by education reformers.

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Attention to soft skills among education reformers is presently skewed towards attempts to enhance and measure broad student dispositions that are abstract, context - free, not directly observable, assessed through self - report questionnaires, and dominated by genetic influences.

• The domain of student soft skills as conceptualized by most education reformers is dispersive.

The misuse of and over-emphasis on test scores caused by pressures from media, corporate - style education reformers, and misguided federal laws has forced schools nationwide to teach to these tests, focusing one - sidedly on rote skills and ignoring higher - level thinking.