Teaching for Tomorrow

I should have read this article first before I posted my previous blog.  The section on "How I Discovered I Was Producing Highly Educated Useless People" would relate to my fears and uncomfortable feelings during my junior and senior year at college.  (Refer to Tuesday's Reflection Post)  This is why I want to challenge myself into creating problem solving and higher level of thinking skills into my lessons.  I want to challenge my students so they won't feel like a "highly educated useless person".  I want to link my lessons to real world experiences that my students will encounter.  By doing this, they will have a greater chance of remembering the context being taught because they have something to link it to.  Rather then being spoon feed and later asked to regeratate the answer on a test which will be later forgotten.