One part of navigating uncertainty is having the ability to change our minds when new information arises or the situation changes. This kind of flexible thinking is valued in workplaces and is also part of the learning process that students go through, yet it is not often explicitly taught in schools or evaluated in assessments, argues teacher and writer Katherine Burd in this Education Week article.
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Learning means changing your mind
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Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
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