Module 1: Adolescent Reading, Writing, and Thinking

Module 1: Adolescent Reading, Writing, and Thinking Adolescent Literacy – Professional Development Unit 3, Session 3

Adolescent Literacy in an International ContextHow do U.S. students compare? 3.1.3

Essential Questions • Module 1 Question • What do we know about how teens learn from text and how can we use that to improve our practice? • Unit 3, Session 3 Questions • What are the skills that our students will need in order to be competitive in a global market? • Are our students well prepared to compete with other teens internationally?

Warm-Up • Look at the list of skills below. Think about which are the most important for students who will be looking for work locally or globally in today’s economy. • Creativity and innovation • Critical thinking and problem solving • Communication and collaboration • Information literacy • Media literacy • ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) literacy From http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf

Warm-Up • Now think about how well your school community provides support for the development of these skills. • Creativity and innovation • Critical thinking and problem solving • Communication and collaboration • Information literacy • Media literacy • ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) literacy From http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf

What do Employers Need? Casner-Lotto, J., & Barrington, L. (2006)

National Data

Percent of Employers’ Rating of Each Basic Skill as “Very Important” for High school Graduates

Percent of Employers’ Rating of Each Applied Skill as “Very Important” for High School Graduates

So, How Do Our 4th Graders Stack Up? http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2009/analysis/table02.asp

And How Do Our 15- Year-Old Students Stack Up? http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2009/analysis/table03.asp

What Do We Need to Do? • Darling-Hammond, L. (2007). Building a System of Powerful Teaching and Learning. Building a 21st Century US Education System, 65-74. • What innovations can we adopt at the school or district level to support our students?

Further study Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. (2003). The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An empirical exploration*. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1279-1333. Casner-Lotto, J., & Barrington, L. (2006). Are they ready to work? Employers’ perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills on new entrants to the 21st century US workforce. New York, NY: Conference Board, Partnerhsip for 21st Century Skills, Corporate Voices for Working Families, & Society for Human Resource Managment. Dede, C., Korte, S., Nelson, R., Valdez, G., & Ward, D. (2005). Transforming learning for the 21st century: An economic imperative. Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates. Retrieved April, 24, 2007. Friedman, T. (2007). The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century: Douglas & McIntyre. Murnane, R., Willett, J., & Levy, F. (1995). The growing importance of cognitive skills in wage determination. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 77(2), 251-266. Provasnik, S., Gonzales, P., & Miller, D. (2009). US Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement: Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009. NCES 2009-083. National Center for Education Statistics, 110.

Module 1: Adolescent Reading, Writing, and Thinking