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DANIES TURANO, GIOVANNA .BARÓN ARISTIZÁBAL//UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES//
TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, WHICH IS MAINLY BASED ON EVALUATING THEORETICAL CONTENT AT THE END OF A COURSE, IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE SKILLSET WE REQUIRE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. TODAY, WE NEED CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN THINK CRITICALLY, WHO ARE CAPABLE OF LEARNING TO LEARN, AND WHO HAVE COMPLEX PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY USING TRANSDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION SKILLS. WE NEED CITIZENS WHO ARE AWARE OF LOCAL NEEDS BUT HAVE A GLOBAL VISION. THEY MUST MAKE DECISIONS NOT ONLY BASED ON THEIR OWN WELL-BEING, BUT ALSO IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PLANET. THEY MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOLUTION REQUIRES A BALANCE. PEOPLE CAN ACQUIRE THESE SKILLS THROUGH DESIGN THINKING, WHICH BUILDS THE LEARNING PROCESS BY CARRYING OUT PROJECTS, AND THEORIZES BASED ON SET CHALLENGES. BIODESIGN FOR HIGH SCHOOLS IS A PEDAGOGICAL PROPOSAL THAT COMBINES SCIENTIFIC TOPICS WITH A CREATIVE APPROACH; IT OFFERS A PLETHORA OF POSSIBILITIES TO PREPARE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF TODAY‚ÄÔS WORLD.
