Introduction to the Partnership
Why are 21st century skills important?
What are 21st century skills?
21st Century Support Systems
ICT Competency for Global Teachers
Thai qualifications framework for higher education
Learning for the 21st century: Teachers Need Special Attention
1. LEARNING FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Teachers need special attention
ANUCHA SOMABUT, PH.D.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, KHONKAEN UNIVERSITY
2. Introduction
Today
Introduction to the Partnership
Why are 21st century skills important?
What are 21st century skills?
21st Century Support Systems
ICT Competency for Global Teachers
3. introduction
to
the partnership for
21 st century skills
4. introduction to the partnership
founding members
AOL
Apple
Cable in the Classroom
Cisco Systems
Dell
Microsoft
NEA
SAP
5. introduction to the partnership
key partners
US. Department of Education
Appalachian Technology in Education
Consortium (ATEC)
strategic partners
ISTE
COSN
SETDA
Tech Corps
6. introduction to the partnership
mission
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a
public-private partnership organized to
create an overall vision of how 21st century
skills can be incorporated into K-12
education.
7. introduction to the partnership
objectives
Define a framework and create a common
language for understanding and promoting 21st
Century Skills
Demonstrate how 21st Century Skills integrate
with and reinforce basic skills
Provide education leaders with tools, examples
and strategies for action
Build consensus in the public and private
sectors with public education campaign to
promote 21st Century Skills
8. introduction to the partnership
methodology
Request for Outreach to
Information (RFI) Organizations
Research Outreach to Individuals
with Expertise in 21st
Century Skills
Focus Groups
National Forum on 21st
Century Skills
10. why are 21st century skills important?
students
Today’s education faces irrelevance
unless we bridge the gap between
how students live and how students
learn.
11. why are 21st century skills important?
workforce
“The average person will change jobs
nine times by the time he or she is
32.”Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
12. why are 21st century skills important?
Relationship to no child left behind
•Emphasizes student achievement and
requires assessments in core subjects.
•Skills are to be integrated in core subjects
•Requires that every student be
technologically literate by 8th grade
•States, schools and districts can
incorporate a broad vision of 21st century
skills into their NCLB framework
14. what are 21st century skills?
Current national debate
15. what are 21st century skills?
six elements of 21st century learning
• Emphasize core subjects
• Emphasize learning skills
• Use 21st century tools to develop learning
skills
• Teach and learn in a 21st century context
• Teach and learn 21st century content
• Use 21st century assessment that measure
21st century skills
17. 21st century tools Learning 21st century context 21st century content assessment
skils
Core subject
Element 1: core subjects
Core academic subjects remain
the foundation of a good
education
•English, reading or •Economics
language arts •Science
•World languages •Geography
•Arts •History
•Mathematics •Government and Civics
18. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills
Learning and innovation skills are what separate
students who are prepared for increasingly complex life
Learning and Innovation Skills
and work environments in today’s world and those who
are not.
Today, we live in a technology and media-driven environment,
marked by access to an abundance of information, rapid
Information, Media and changes in technology tools and the ability to collaborate and
Technology Skills make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale.
Effective citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range
of functional and critical thinking skills.
Today’s life and work environments require far more
than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability
to navigate the complex life and work environments in
Life and Career Skills
the globally competitive information age requires
students to pay rigorous attention to developing
adequate life and career skills.
19. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Think Creativity
Work Creativity with Others
Implement Innovations
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Reason Effectively
Use Systems Thinking
Make Judgments and Decisions
Solve Problems
Communication and Collaboration
Communication Clearly
Collaborate with Others
20. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Think Creativity
Work Creativity with Others
Implement Innovations
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Reason Effectively
Use Systems Thinking
Make Judgments and Decisions
Solve Problems
Communication and Collaboration
Communication Clearly
Collaborate with Others
21. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Think Creativity
Work Creativity with Others
Implement Innovations
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Reason Effectively
Use Systems Thinking
Make Judgments and Decisions
Solve Problems
Communication and Collaboration
Communication Clearly
Collaborate with Others
22. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Access and Evaluate Information
Use and Manage Information
Media Literacy
Analyze Media
Create Media Products
ICT (Information, Communications and Technology)
Literacy
Apply Technology Efficiency
23. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Access and Evaluate Information
Use and Manage Information
Media Literacy
Analyze Media
Create Media Products
ICT (Information, Communications and Technology)
Literacy
Apply Technology Efficiency
24. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Access and Evaluate Information
Use and Manage Information
Media Literacy
Analyze Media
Create Media Products
ICT (Information, Communications and Technology)
Literacy
Apply Technology Efficiency
25. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change
Be Flexible
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time
Work Independently
Be Self-Directed Learners
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects
Produce Results
Leadership and Responsibility
26. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change
Be Flexible
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time
Work Independently
Be Self-Directed Learners
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects
Produce Results
Leadership and Responsibility
27. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change
Be Flexible
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time
Work Independently
Be Self-Directed Learners
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects
Produce Results
Leadership and Responsibility
28. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change
Be Flexible
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time
Work Independently
Be Self-Directed Learners
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects
Produce Results
Leadership and Responsibility
29. 21st century tools core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
learning skills
Element 2: learning skills: Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change
Be Flexible
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time
Work Independently
Be Self-Directed Learners
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects
Produce Results
Leadership and Responsibility
30. learning skills core subjects 21st century context 21st century content assessment
Element 3: 21ST century tools 21st century tools
Information and Communication
Technologies, such as Computers,
Networking and other Technologies
Audio, Video, and Other Media and
Multimedia Tools
31. 21st century tools
Emphasize
learning skills core subjectsst21st century context
21 Century Content assessment
Element 4: 21st century content
•Use 21st century skills to understand and address
Global Awareness global issues
•Collaboration with other cultures and languages
•Understanding the role of the economy all the way
down to personal financial choices.
Financial, Economic and Business
Literacy
•Ability to adapt with the nation’s economic environment
using 21st century skills
•Knowing how to be an informed and participatory
citizen.
Civic Literacy
•Using 21st century skills to responsibly exercise rights
and responsibilities at local, state, national and global
levels.
32. 21st century tools learning skills
Emphasize 21st
core subjects 21st century content
Century Context assessment
Element 5: 21st century context
Make content relevant to students lives
Take the students out to the world
Bring the world into the classroom
Creating opportunities for students to
interact with each other, with teachers and
with other knowledgeable adults in
authentic learning experiences
33. 21st century tools learning skills core subjects 21st century context 21st century content
21st Century Assessment
Element 6: assessment
We must measure both core subjects and 21st
century skills
Standardized tests must be balanced
appropriately with classroom assessments to
measure the full range of students skills
Classroom assessment must be strengthened
and integrated with instructional process to
reinforce learning
35. 21st Century Support Systems
21st Century Standards
Assessment of 21st Century Skills
21st Century Curriculum & Instruction
21st Century Professional Development
21st Century Learning Environment