What teachers need to make sure is to provoke curiosity about the future, and ask questions in order to develop students’ strategic thinking. Be sure to have always clear, and simple questions to guide your students through the process of visualising ideas. (Imagine that…How does it works? What are the steps to achieve this? What if? ) 

Mind mapping helps students to put ideas in context and evaluate their relevance to the world that surrounds them. Mind maps can be presented in different ways: spider's web, fish skeleton, network scheme, etc. You can find different examples of the types of mind maps online.  If you want to explore this method further

Students not believing in their abilities get disappointed when facing failure, they are afraid of dealing with challenging situations. We form habits at early ages.  Little children believe that the sky is the limit. Not only parents, but also teachers should foster self-belief habits of children. Students’ beliefs about their own ability to succeed are essential to setting and achieving goals.

We have many ways to enhance self-awareness and self-efficacy:

Resilience is not one specific thing, but a combination of skills and attributes that help to solve problems, cope with challenges, adapt and bounce back when things don´t go as planned. Resilient people learn from their mistakes, they look at their failures and mistakes and as opportunities for growth.

Financial and economic literacy can be frustrating when first introduced in the classroom. That is why teachers should try to make it relevant for their students by introducing activities and scenarios that students can relate to. Viewing the concepts through their everyday life - saving money for a bike, creating a budget planning for the reconstruction of the school playground, etc. 

Design thinking is a method of problem solving developed largely by Stanford University professors who sought to codify a product design process that emphasized creative solutions to meet users’ needs. The idea has spread across the country and across disciplines. It is used also at schools that provide students active learning.

Design Thinking is the confidence that new, better things are possible and that you can make them happen. How it works? There are some ways how to implement Design Thinking, you can use this one:

We all grow by challenging ourselves. Inspire your students to get outside of their comfort zone. It creates opportunities to fail and go back and try again. As we already know, it also builds resilience. Give them a chance and a challenge to be the valuable members of the community. Get inspired how you can do it.

To take initiative you should know how things work and how you can improve them. Encourage students to be curious. Create an atmosphere where pupils are not afraid to raise questions, let them test their own hypotheses, let them explore, discuss, brainstorm....

There are three ways adults can kill the enthusiastic exploration of the curious child: fear, disapproval and absence of the caring supportive adult

Challenge your students to think and write down everything they have tried but have not managed to succeeded during a project/school year, etc. Facilitate a discussion between them and help them reflect on lessons learnt.