21st century skills for the 21st century job market (final cc)

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21st Century Skills for the 21 st Century Job Market Dr. Steffen Sommer Directeur Général Collège Champittet Lausanne

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Page 1: 21st century skills for the 21st century job market (final cc)

21st Century Skills for the 21st Century Job Market

Dr. Steffen SommerDirecteur Général

Collège ChampittetLausanne

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21st Century Skills for the 21st Century Job MarketSTS

Learning Past and FutureLearning Past and Future

Relative stability of Society and Job Market since the Industrial Revolution 1991

Total spending of all developed countries on

technology surpasses their spending on

manufactured products. Global focus changes

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Industrial Age Economy (I)

extraction

fabricationmontage

marketing

distribution

Value chain in the industrial age

Resource extraction

Production

AssemblyMarketing

Distribution

Products/Services

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Knowledge Age Economy (II)

Knowledge Age Value Chain

Data

Information

KnowledgeExpertise

Marketing

Services/Products

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The Job Market

Depends on the demands of a more and more globalised society

Rapid changes in society

Impact on education (preparation)

Impact on the future of job market (skills required)

Permanent state of flux

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global citizens – global communicators – global Achievers

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Responsibilities of Education

Main objective, preparing students for the world of work and civic life

New influences in society lead to new ways of learning p

assive vs activem

ono focus vs multi-focusA

ll at an elevated speed

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Basic Skills Applied Skills

21st Century Demands on Schools

20th Century 21st Century

Teacher-directed Learner-centered Direct instruction Interactive exchange Knowledge Skills

Content Process

Facts and principles Questions and Problems (PS)

Theory PracticeCurriculum ProjectsTime-slotted On-demand

Competitive CollaborativeText-based Web-basedSummative tests Formative evaluation

One-size-fits-all (learn for school) Personalised (learning for life)

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Creativity and Innovation

“Imagination is much more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein

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21st Century Skills for the 21st Century Job MarketSTS

How useful is our knowledge?

Up until 1991, the basic skills

Reading Writing Calculus

Transferred by learning subject knowledge

Prepared for the 21st Century?

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Required Skills

Interpersonal SkillsProblem-solving

Cultural awarenessand tolerance

Interpretation and processing of

information Self-confidence, ready to adapt to regular changes, etc

Media Competence

ICT Competence

Team leadership

Team-working

Critical thinking

Communication

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21st Century Skills for the 21st Century Job MarketSTS

The 21st Century Leader

Employs a resonant management style Is aware of his/her strengths and

weaknesses

Can motivate his/her team Is focused on

improvement an progress

Collaborates and shares with his team

Communicates positively and

cogently

Develops and adheres to his/her own style

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21st Century Skills for the 21st Century Job MarketSTS

Do not panic!

Our students already have these skills All knowledge and skills acquired in a traditional way are adaptable. We are the best proof! But we have undergone, knowingly or unwittingly,

a skills audit.

And adapted to the new challenges.

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To be continued …

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