Abstract:Human society is currently undergoing a profound transition from the industrial era to the era of digital intelligence, prompting an urgent need to redefine the foundational logic of the education sector. In the industrial era, education focused on cultivating lower-order thinking skills—knowledge acquisition, mastery, and application—all of which are increasingly being supplanted by artificial intelligence. In contrast, the digital intelligence era demands a shift towards fostering higher-order thinking skills, such as envisioning and creating the future. This paper presents key cases and highlights the practices and achievements of the Tsien Excellence in Education Program at Tsinghua University and the X-Institute over the past 15 years, shedding light on a new educational paradigm: Innovation-Motivated Education. This paradigm emphasizes innovation as an intrinsic force for growth, prioritizing internal factors over external influences and genetics, fundamentally reversing the industrial-era hierarchy of educational values. It is hoped that this paper will inspire widespread discussion and bold experimentation on pioneering transformative changes in future education and innovation.