21st Century Skills? What do they mean?

| Posted on: September 14th, 2009 | Categories: Creativity, Evolution, Learning, News, Politics, Research, Teaching, Technology | No Comments »
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A decade into the 21st century, how are we doing with the movement to “position 21st century skills at the center of US K-12 education.” The National Journal Online has been conducting an discussion on this topic… some very interesting views represented there, from both sides of the spectrum. I have some definite opinions on this, which will have to wait for another day (I am swamped with work right now) … but for now here is the link to the discussion: Has The P21 Movement Succeeded?

What do you think? What do we mean by 21st Century skills? How are they different from traditional skills (such as critical thinking) that were the rage some time ago? What is the role of content knowledge in the 21st Century? What about trans-disciplinary, or inter-disciplinary knowledge? … Important questions, worthy of discussion and thought.


| Posted on: September 14th, 2009
Other related posts and pages: |Of tools and disciplines (OR the TPK in TPACK) | Games, claims, genres & learning II | Games, claims, genres & learning | Charleston, SC for SITE 09 | Disciplined Thinking |


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