Teaching of the 21st Century Skills

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What Is 21st Century Education?

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21st Century Support Systems

1. 21st Century Standards

2. Assessment of 21st Century Skills

3. 21st Century Curriculum and Instruction

4. 21st Century Professional Development

5. 21st Century Learning Environment

21st Century Learning Environment

Creates learning practices, human support and physical environments that will support the teaching and learning of 21st century skill outcomes

Supports professional learning communities that enable educators to collaborate, share best practices and integrate 21st century skills into classroom practice

Enables students to learn in relevant, real world 21st century contexts (e.g., through project-based or other applied work)

21st Century Learning Environment

Allows equitable access to quality learning tools, technologies and resources

Provides 21st century architectural and interior designs for group, team and individual learning.

Supports expanded community and international involvement in learning, both face-to-face and online

How to teach 21st century skills

Make it relevant

To be effective, any curriculum must be relevant to students’ lives.

Teach through the disciplinesLearning through disciplines entails learning not only the knowledge of the discipline but also the skills associated with the production of knowledge within the discipline

How to teach 21st century skillsSimultaneously Develop Lower-- and ‐

Higher--Order Thinking SkillsLower-order exercises are fairly common in existing curricula, while higher-order thinking activities are much less common

Encourage Transfer of Learning

Students must apply the skills and knowledge they gain in one discipline to another. They must also apply what they learn in school to other areas of their lives.

How to teach 21st century skillsTeach Students to Learn to Learn

Build metacognition (“one’s knowledge concerning one’s own cognitive processes or anything related to them...”Flavell, 1976)

Address Misunderstandings Directly

Teachers face the important challenge of identifying misunderstandings and giving students opportunities to learn the facts for themselves

How to teach 21st century skillsUnderstand That Teamwork Is an

Outcome and Promotes Learning

Collaboration is not only a desirable outcome; it is also an important condition for

optimal learning

Exploit Technology to Support Learning

There is broad consensus that technology holds great promise for education

How to teach 21st century skills

Foster Students’ Creativity

Creativity is prized because it sparks innovations that can create jobs, address challenges, and motivate social and individual progress