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21ST CENTURY SKILLS
The term "21st-century skills" is generally used to refer to certain core competencies such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking,
and problem-solving that advocates believe schools need to teach to help students thrive in today's world. In a broader sense, however, the idea of
what learning in the 21st century should look like is open to interpretation and controversy. Twenty-first-century learning means that students
master content while producing, synthesizing, and evaluating information from a wide variety of subjects and sources with an understanding of and
respect for diverse cultures.
They demonstrate digital literacy as well as civic responsibility. Virtual tools and open-source software create borderless learning territories
for students of all ages, anytime and anywhere.
Students Outcomes - Typically refers to the desired learning objectives or standards that schools and teachers want students to achieve,
or the educational, societal, and life effects that result from students being educated.
Content Knowledge and 21st Century themes – These are the more “traditional” disciplines of the past-Language Arts, Science, World
Languages, Mathematics, History, etc. but embedded into themes that are intentional about Global Awareness, Environment, Civic,
Health and Business literacies.
Learning and Innovation Skills – Students demonstrate the Learning and Innovation skills also known as “Four C’s”:
1. Creativity - Trying new approaches to get things done equals innovation and invention
2. Communication - Sharing thoughts, questions, ideas and solutions
3. Collaborations - Working together to reach a goal – putting talent, expertise, and smarts to work.
4. Critical thinking - Looking at problems in a new way, linking learning across subjects & disciplines.
Information Media and Technology Skills – To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to create, evaluate, and effectively
utilize information, media, and technology. We can use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand, When it comes to Media
literacy we can examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded, and how media can
influence beliefs and behaviours and we can use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information.
Life and Career skills – Today’s students need to develop thinking skills, content knowledge, and social and emotional competencies to navigate
complex life and work environments. This also includes Flexibility & Adaptability, Initiative & Self Direction, Social & Cross-Cultural Skills,
Productivity & Accountability, and Leadership & Responsibility.
Support Systems- is made up of individual people who provide support, respect, and care. These are people who are in your corner. This also
includes:
Standards - We have different means of standard for example, there is talk about setting standards (preferring high standards and eschewing low
standards), monitoring standards (emphasising school and teacher accountability), raising standards (improving educational outcomes) and
reporting on standards (saying how well students are progressing in school).
Assessments - assessment tools and strategies shown to impact teaching and learning as well as help teachers foster a 21st century learning
environment in their classrooms: Rubrics, Performance-based assessments, Portfolios, Student self-assessment, Peer-assessment, Student
response systems. Although the list does not include all innovative assessment strategies, it includes what we think are the most common
strategies, and ones that may be particularly relevant to the educational context of developing countries.
Curriculum – Should blend knowledge, thinking, innovation skills, media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy, and real life
experience in the context of core academic subjects.
Learning Environment - When you enter a 21st Century learning environment, you quickly see that interactive learning, higher level thinking skills,
and student engagement are pervasive, whether students are learning math, science, reading, or history.
Professional Development – Using technology devices to build their knowledge base, receiving coaching and mentoring services from model
teachers, and being deeply involved in reflection and action. A 21st century school offers a variety of Professional Development services including:
On-site workshops, online courses, Blended Learning Programs, Sustainable Development Programs etc.

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