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We live in times of rapid changes. Digital technologies and artificial intelligence will become more and more important in the world of work. Traditional job profiles are disappearing, new profiles emerging. New forms of interaction and knowledge production affect almost all areas of life. Whereas technical knowledge and experience might be digitalized to a great extent, for decades to come - hopefully - no computer or robot can be as creative, intuitive and empathetic as a human being.
These non-technical skills are also referred to as future skills or 21st century skills. Needless to mention that we live in the 21st century and, in many ways, future is already now. Future skills like adaptability, creativity, tolerance of ambiguity or mindfulness have always been helpful in communicating and working together. On the other hand, they are usually not explicitly taught at (technical) universities, hence, during this course, we will focus on those in a learning-by-doing-approach. After a short introduction to the research field of future skills, we will dedicate each session to one or two future skills and practice or re-learn them together. At some points, we will also include concepts and wisdom from non-European contexts.
This course will cover the following aspects:
- Introduction to the research field of future skills
- Focus on training specific future skills such as
- future literacy
- joy of learning, curiosity and experimentation
- communication and collaboration
- creativity, improvisation and co-creation
- moral courage & ethics
- embracing challenges & change
- critical thinking and cognitive flexibility
- multiperspectivity, systemic thinking, problem solving
- emotional intelligence, empathy
- resilience
- Wisdom from non-western contexts
- Students’ perspectives on future skills (presentations)
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