{"id":2634,"date":"2018-03-05T21:49:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T21:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kleducation.org\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2018-04-06T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:19:31","slug":"developing-21st-century-skills-in-international-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/2018\/03\/developing-21st-century-skills-in-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Skills to Last a Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our global campuses pride themselves on being academic environments that nurture students&#8217; practical skills and hands-on abilities, something perfectly reflected in Chemistry teacher Ellen Tyrell&#8217;s class at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/school\/john-carroll-school\/\">Bashu Ivy\u00a0School<\/a>\u00a0in Chongqing. To ensure that each student has sufficient opportunities to participate and practice in the experimental laboratory, Ms. Tyrell arranges 1-2 chemistry experiments per week, like this one that asked students to pair up and measure the reaction of magnesium and hydrochloric acid.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Team projects are a mainstay of our global campuses, no matter the subject or classroom, because they foster creativity, build trust, and encourage healthy risk-taking. Not surprisingly, teamwork is the most efficient way to complete experiments. &#8220;Students learn to cooperate in teams by both listening to their partners and expressing themselves,&#8221; says Ms. Tyrell. &#8220;It is a chance to enhance both their communication and collaboration skills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese students Test Chemical Reactions in Chemistry Class\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data.jpg 1385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry students at our JCS Bashu Ivy School<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chemistry experiments, whether large or small, simple or complex, encourage students to think critically about the knowledge they are learning in textbooks. Not surprisingly,\u00a0students develop a real fondness for hands-on experiments because they begin to understand that they should never blindly believe theory from books and teachers, that personal verification is key.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-with-Ellen-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"US Chemistry Teacher with students on Global Campus in China\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-with-Ellen-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-with-Ellen-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-with-Ellen-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Recording-Data-with-Ellen.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>KL Educator Ellen Tyrell with her students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Compared with purely importing knowledge, the KL School philosophy is to cultivate students&#8217; critical thinking skills, analyzing abilities, and study methods so they are better prepared for their future.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/schools\/\">global school campuses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 holistic environments where students have the opportunity to become true global learners.<\/p>\n<p>Want to join our inspiring community of educators teaching on our global campuses? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/career-opportunities\/\">KL career opportunities<\/a>\u00a0today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our global campuses pride themselves on being academic environments that nurture students&#8217; practical skills and hands-on abilities, something perfectly reflected in Chemistry teacher Ellen Tyrell&#8217;s class at our Bashu Ivy\u00a0School\u00a0in Chongqing. To ensure that each student has sufficient opportunities to participate and practice in the experimental laboratory, Ms. Tyrell arranges 1-2 chemistry experiments per week, like this one that asked students to pair up and measure the reaction of magnesium and hydrochloric acid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}