21 ST CENTURY SKILLS LEARNING FOR LIFE IN OUR TIMES

1. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS LEARNING FOR LIFE IN OUR TIMES

2. Why education must change? • to help prepare the students to meet complex challenges • to fulfil the students’ civic responsibilities • to live our fulfilling lives

3. What Is 21st Century Learning? • change the curriculum, teaching, assessment, use of technology, and the organization of our schools to better prepare students to be productive, creative citizens and workers in the global society and economy of the 21st century.”

4. What Are 21st Century Skills? • Industrial Age Value Chain Extraction- Manufacturing- Assembly- Marketing- Distribution-Products (and services) • Knowledge Age Value Chain Data- Information- Knowledge- Expertise- Marketing- Services (and Products) The world of Knowledge Age work requires a new mix of skills. Jobs that require routine manual and thinking skills are giving way to jobs that involve higher levels of knowledge and applied skills like expert thinking and complex communicating SKILLS.

5. The study clearly showed that students graduating from secondary schools, technical colleges, and universities are sorely lacking in some basic skills and a large number of applied skills: • • Oral and written communications • • Critical thinking and problem solving • • Professionalism and work ethic • • Teamwork and collaboration • • Working in diverse teams • • Applying technology • • Leadership and project management

6. 21st Century Learning in Practice • Collaborative Small-Group Learning • Project Learning Methods • Problem-Based Learning • Design-Based Learning

7. Principles In 21stCenture Learning Practice • Vision • Coordination • Official policy • Leadership • Learning technology • Teacher learning

8. CHANGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH… • EDUCATION • EQUITY • ECONOMY • ENERGY • ENVIRONMENT

9. CONCLUSION • The students need plenty of time to practisein using their 21st century skills to be a CREATIVE AND PASSIONATE problem solvers and innovators. It’s time to give all our students the chance to learn how to build a better world.