2121stst Century Skills

Century Skills

Jason McLaughlin

Jason McLaughlin

Kean University EMSE 2801-02

Kean University EMSE 2801-02

21st Century Skills – What are they?

Core Subjects and 21Core Subjects and 21stst Century Themes Century Themes

• English, reading or language artsEnglish, reading or language arts• World languagesWorld languages• ArtsArts• MathematicsMathematics• EconomicsEconomics• ScienceScience• GeographyGeography• HistoryHistory• Government and CivicsGovernment and Civics

• Global AwarenessGlobal Awareness• Financial LiteracyFinancial Literacy• Civic LiteracyCivic Literacy• Health LiteracyHealth Literacy• Environmental LiteracyEnvironmental Literacy

SubjectsSubjects

Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary ThemesThemes

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• Learning from and working collaboratively with those who represent different cultures

• Understanding other nations and cultures

Non-English speaking cultures a plusNon-English speaking cultures a plus

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• Knowing how to make appropriate and personal economic choices

• Understanding the role of the economy in society

• Using entrepreneurial skills to enhance productivity and career options

Economic , Economic , Business, and Business, and

Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurial SkillsSkills

Civ

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cy

Civ

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• Knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes

• Exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at all levels

• Understanding the implications of civic decisions

Local, State, National, and Global levelsLocal, State, National, and Global levels

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• Understanding basic health information and services while using them to enhance health

• Understanding preventative health measures

• Using available information to make health-related decisions

• Establishing personal and family health goals

• Understanding public health and safety issues

Proper DietProper Diet NutritionNutrition ExerciseExercise Risk AvoidanceRisk Avoidance Stress ReductionStress Reduction

Env

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• Knowledge and understanding of the environment and the conditions affecting it

• Knowledge and understanding of society’s impact on the natural world

• Investigate and analyze environmental issues

• Take action towards addressing environmental challenges

Population growth Population growth and developmentand development

Resource Resource consumptionconsumption

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Assessm

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ssessment

• High-quality standardized

High-quality standardized

teststests

• Classroom formative and

Classroom formative and

summative assessments

summative assessments

• Technology-enhanced

Technology-enhanced

assessments to measure

assessments to measure

mastery of skills

mastery of skills

• Development of portfolios of

Development of portfolios of

student work that shows a

student work that shows a

mastery of 21mastery of 21stst Century Skills

Century Skills

Did we see any of these

Did we see any of these

assessments in our

assessments in our

classroom visits?

classroom visits?

Curriculum

and

Curriculum

and

InstructionInstruction

CurriculumCurriculum

• Skills Skills

discretely in discretely in

the context of

the context of

core subjects

core subjects

and and

interdisciplina

interdisciplina

ry themesry themes

• Integration of

Integration of

community community

resourcesresources

InstructionInstruction

• Provide Provide

opportunities to

opportunities to

apply skills apply skills

across content

across content

areasareas

• Innovative Innovative

learning learning

methodsmethods

Technology Technology

basedbased

Inquiry & Inquiry &

problem based

problem based

approachesapproaches

Higher order

Higher order

thinking skills

thinking skills

Professional

Professional

Develop

ment

Develop

ment

• Direct instruction and

Direct instruction and

project-oriented teach

project-oriented teach

methodsmethods

• Identify learning styles,

Identify learning styles,

intelligences, strengths and

intelligences, strengths and

weaknessesweaknesses

• Encourages knowledge

Encourages knowledge

sharing among

sharing among

communitiescommunities

Did we see any of these

Did we see any of these

methods in our classroom

methods in our classroom

visits?visits?

Learning

Learning

Environm

ents

Environm

ents• Educators collaborate

Educators collaborate

their best practices

their best practices

• Project-based and

Project-based and

applied work lessons

applied work lessons

• Access to quality

Access to quality

resources and

resources and

technologiestechnologies

Did we see any of these

Did we see any of these

environments in our

environments in our

classroom visits?

classroom visits?

Lear

ning

and

Lear

ning

and

In

nova

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Skill

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Inno

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ills

What are the Four C’s?

• Critical ThinkingCritical Thinking

• CommunicationCommunication

• CollaborationCollaboration

• CreativityCreativity

The skills that separate students The skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly who are prepared for increasingly

complex life and work complex life and work environments in the 21st century, environments in the 21st century,

and those who are not.and those who are not.

Life

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eer

Life

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ills

• Adapt to change• Be flexible• Manage goals and time• Work independently• Be self-directed learners• Interact effectively with others• Work effectively in diverse

teams• Manage projects• Produce results• Guide and lead others• Be responsible to others

Students need more than Students need more than just content knowledge.just content knowledge.

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Skill

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Information LiteracyInformation Literacy•Access information efficiently and effectively•Evaluate information critically and competently•Use information accurately and creatively•Manage a flow of information from a wide variety of sources

Media LiteracyMedia Literacy•Understand how and why media messages are constructed, and for what purpose•Examine how individuals interpret media•How different points of view are considered?•How media influences behavior?

Technology LiteracyTechnology Literacy•Technology as a tool to organize, evaluate, and communicate information•Use of digital technologies and social media

What does this mean

What does this mean for future educators?

for future educators?• To help students understand, connect to and act on

critical global issues by integrating 21st century

perspectives into curricula in all Core Curriculum

Content Standards areas• To connect student acquisition of international

literacies to real world experiences both in New

Jersey and beyond state and national borders

• To enhance teacher capacity for 21st century

teaching excellence through pre-service

education, professional development and

opportunities for exchange and study abroad

In New In New Jersey,

Jersey, the the current current goals

goals are:are:

Do you feel Do you feel

prepared to handle

prepared to handle the 21the 21 stst Century

Century Skill set?Skill set?

In Conclusion…In Conclusion…

References:

P21. Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 2011. 13 October 2012.http://www.p21.org/

"Life and Career Education in the 21st Century." n.d. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. 14 October 2012.http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/9/9.pdf

"21st Century Skills." n.d. Wikipedia. 14 October 2012.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Skills

Ruddiman, Joan. Make 21st Century Skills Come Alive. Trenton, September 2009. Online Article.http://www.njea.org/news-and-publications/njea-review/september-2009/make-21st-century-skills-come-alive