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Journal Summer 2012<br />
A game of skills<br />
What talents do young people need to thrive in the 21st century?<br />
By Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel<br />
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Sir Michael Wilshaw argues that teachers should not be slaves to their lesson plans<br />
Tamara Erickson on how Generation Y is changing the face of the workplace<br />
Mr W Witty submitted this<br />
design for an extendable re<br />
ladder, intended to provide an<br />
escape route from a burning<br />
building, for an RSA award in<br />
1834. For more than 100 years<br />
after its foundation in 1754,<br />
the RSA awarded premiums<br />
for the best ideas for solving<br />
pressing social problems.<br />
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Do you see value in working with some of our 27,000 RSA Fellows?<br />
Each year, RSA Cata<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=1"> Journal Summer 2012 </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=2"> Mr W Witty submitted this design for an extendabl</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=3"> “TO QUALIFY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN TODAY'S WORKFORCE, </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=4"> RSA 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ Patron </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=5"> COMMENT “A WOUNDED HIERARCHY IS A DANGEROUS</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=6"> DESIGN RSA-US LAUNCHES COMPETITION Earlier this</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=7"> ENTERPRISE HIDDEN ENTREPRENEURS `Hidden' entrep</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=8"> NEWS IN BRIEF FRONTLINE VOICES RSA Educat</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=9"> PRIESTLAND PORTRAIT); JEFF OVERS (GAVIN ESLER POR</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=10"> SKILLS TACTICS FOR SUCCESS Increased co</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=11"> </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=12"> Yet, until recently, education systems ha</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=13"> “THOUGH THE MOBILE, LAPTOP AND INTERNET AR</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=14"> an industrial age more than 300 years ago</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=15"> “COUNTRIES THAT CAN QUICKLY CLOSE THEIR SKILLS </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=16"> EDUCATION THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR THE UK Sch</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=17"> “WE NEED TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, INGENUITY A</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=18"> EDUCATION SCHOOL TIES Collaboration b</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=19"> </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=20"> model of pedagogy and feel accountab</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=21"> All these examples reflect effective system lead</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=22"> 22 </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=23"> YOUTH THE MILLENNIALS With their </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=24"> fullest. A sense of immediacy is on</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=25"> Ys are expert at multitasking and are quick </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=26"> TECHNOLOGY THE NEW A</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=27"> “CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND CONCEPTUAL SKILL</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=28"> SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM REST</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=29"> ILLUSTRATION: MARY EVANS IMAGES www.thersa.org </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=30"> “SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM COULD BE THE DAWN OF A NEW </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=31"> financial and other resources that are retained in</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=32"> BUSINESS HUMBL</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=33"> a business decision, but only rarely have they ta</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=34"> BEHAVIOUR THE ORIGINS OF POWER What</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=35"> </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=36"> “PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BEEN HIRED BY A NEW COMPAN</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=37"> up from the bottom – may not be happy to step asi</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=38"> 38 </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=39"> EUROPE EUROPA'S TRIALS Europe is </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=40"> “THE NATION-STATES OF EUROPE WERE ALREADY LO</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=41"> form of colonial administrations. It was an incom</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=42"> DESIGN AND INDUSTRY THE GREAT RECOVERY </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=43"> www.thersa.org </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=44"> Potocnik, European commissioner for the en</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=45"> SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SETTING UP SHOP Two soci</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=46"> NEW FELLOWS JON ADAMS MARTHA PALMER</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=47"> SMALL BUT NOT SMALL-MINDED Since I am the chair </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=48"> REVIEW EARTH IS OUR BUSINESS 16 MAY 2012 </a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=49"> EVERY NATION FOR ITSELF 10 MAY 2012 What challeng</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=50"> LAST WORD Bored? Perhaps you're just</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=51"> A taste of summer Th</a>
<a title="RSA Journal Summer 2012 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0bffca68?page=52"> Help future generations fulfil their potential </a>