Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Good question. I think the earlier we get children thinking in a logical, structured manner the better it will be for society at large. Saving Changes...
Jim Sass, BusD.Principal Consultant| Principal Consultant, USfalcon, Inc.Charleston, Sc, United States
I think there could be some benefits to learning how to organize in teams for all students but as for project management skills, I do not see a need for everyone at an early age to learn project management as we think of it. I do believe project management should be introduced in IT and engineering curriculums. Saving Changes...
Youth groups like the Boy Scouts introduce leadership and some project management at a young age. It's important to make if fun though or the kids lose interest. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I fully agree with Keith's point of view. Every school teaches students how to be responsible, have a sense of ownership for their homework, manage their schedule and so on. As you move to university and real life, you learn that everyday. If you want to specialize in project management, then that is another story. Saving Changes...
Jennifer ColeCTE Coordinator IV| Fort Worth ISDFort Worth, Tx, United States
Work-based learning environments on campus, which include classes that support student enterprises, are enstiling PM methodologies and computational thinking- though depending on the curricular model being implemented, I'm not sure we always explicitly state that we're teaching these skills. It would certainly be great to share with the students the real-world verbiage so they can link what they're experiencing to real-world applications. Saving Changes...
David YorkSenior IT Manager and Project Delivery| USIOSan Antonio, Tx, United States
PM Concepts are already included in most high schools. Students get experience in different areas of project management without realizing it when they work on history projects, etc. I think making students aware of these skillsets within the class projects is what is important. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I did that for years. The way I found is giving students work to done mainly integrating inside the work different topics that belongs to different courses inside the same school. I help them to include project management concepts without say them that it is project management. At the end, each person in this world is performing project management from the time they wake up to the time they go to bed. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
As early as possible. High school is too late.
No sense to constrain our children's learning to stay within a perceived mold of success. There are many opportunities to bring group think and collective projects to the classroom even earlier than high school. Saving Changes...
I'd suggest that some of the "hard skills" in PM might be difficult to teach kids that are not in middle school at least, but "soft skills" learning such as active listening, effective communication and negotiation can all commence earlier.
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