In today’s fast-paced and digitally connected world, there is a constant struggle for power and everyone’s running a race to reach the pinnacles of success. In order to survive and thrive in this scenario, one needs to master some 21st-centuary skills. Wondering what these 21st-centuary skills are?

Before we start elaborating on these skills, let us reveal that even school children need to learn these 21st-centuary skills and it is even more important now, than it was ever before. Having acquired these skills provides a foundation for students to be successful in their classrooms and survive in this dynamic world where constant learning is inevitable. The phrase ‘catch them young’ is taken quite seriously and students are expected to be not only good communicators, but also be tech-savvy geniuses.

The 21st- century skills and its significance

Problem Solving Skills

Children learn by experience and mistakes. A good teacher never gives a readymade answer to her students, but leads them to think in a correct way by which they find answers themselves. Trial and error is the best teacher, hence children must be aided by the right tools which allow them to take risks & in-turn learn a great deal. Educators favor learning kits by LEGO® Education that provide hands-on solutions for children to explore & develop their skills. The LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime set is a perfect STEAM platform for 6 to 8 grade students to try their hands at Python coding and solve complex problems in terms of fixing ‘bugs’ on their way to developing movable robots, that do amazing things. To know more about LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime visit shop.knowledge-hub.com.

By modelling problem-solving skills, children are actually preparing themselves for the real-world scenario. In a corporate work-place problem-solvers are looked upon as strong independent task masters who are not afraid to take calculated risks for the benefit of the business and in-turn discover new methods & strategies that otherwise would have never been found. Think of it like this, the most renowned inventor – Thomas Alva Edison made 1,000 successful attempts before discovering the electric light bulb. Fostering a never give-up attitude will only benefit children in the long run.

Creativity

Ask children a simple question – What do they want to pursue when they become adults, and you will be amazed at the answers they come-up with. Creativity is innately present since the time an infant is born. However, to evolve the creative side of children, one needs to provide a platform. Learning by play-way method in kindergarten, gives students the opportunity to think uniquely and use their imagination to create something unusual. To foster creativity, schools across the world including the Middle East and Dubai, welcome The LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Prime Set into classrooms. The kit is thoughtfully designed to drive difficult concepts of Science through sports-inspired model designs which children put together themselves. Imagine learning the technique behind navigating a sailboat by creating a Lego Inspired model in the classroom. In today’s world, where there is cut-throt competition, being creative is not a choice, but a necessity. Businesses have to think out-of-the-box and device strategies that are totally different from their competitive counterparts in order to catch the attention of the audience. Hence it is rightly said, ‘Necessity is the mother of invention, but its father is creativity.’

Collaboration

We are all social beings, and we thrive together in one big community. Students are encouraged to make friends in school and even work as a team on projects. Learning to collaborate with others from an early age, prepares children to face the corporate world, where team work and collaboration is ingrained in the office culture. LEGO® Education’s Coding Express is an excellent play-way tool where children can come together and work on building a ‘train model’ which moves on tracks via easy programmable functioning. While doing so, students learn to delegate tasks, take responsibilities, share their ideas, and in-turn gain confidence. To purchase the LEGO® Education’s Coding Express in UAE & GCC countries, we advise you to visit our website shop.knowledge-hub.com. Team work even transcends geographical borders in this digital age. Students are connected via the internet and are addicted to mobiles. However, this gives learners an opportunity to interact with like-minded students across the globe.