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Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
Patrick Griffin,Barry McGaw,Esther Care +2 more
- Vol. 9789400723245
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In this paper, the authors focus on new approaches to educational assessment, and present methodological and technological solutions to the barriers that hinder ICT-based assessments of these skills, whether in large-scale surveys or classrooms.Abstract:
Rapidand seemingly acceleratingchanges in the economies of developed nations are having a proportional effect on the skill sets required of workers in many new jobs Work environments are often technology-heavy, while problems are frequently ill-defined and tackled by multidisciplinary teams This book contains insights based on research conducted as part of a major international project supported by Cisco, Intel and Microsoft It faces these new working environments head-on, delineating new ways of thinking about 21st-century skills and including operational definitions of those skills The authors focus too on fresh approaches to educational assessment, and present methodological and technological solutions to the barriers that hinder ICT-based assessments of these skills, whether in large-scale surveys or classrooms Equally committed to defining its terms and providing practical solutions, and including international perspectives and comparative evaluations of assessment methodology and policy, this volume tackles an issue at the top of most educationalists agendasread more
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Learning 21st-Century Skills Requires 21st-Century Teaching
TL;DR: The Assessment and Teaching of 21st-century Skills consortium (AT21CS) as discussed by the authors proposes that students need seven survival skills including: Critical thinking and problem solving; collaborative and leadership; agility and adaptability; initiative and entrepreneurialism; effective oral and written communication; accessing and analyzing information; and Curiosity and imagination.
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Challenges to learning and schooling in the digital networked world of the 21st century
TL;DR: This article elaborates on the competencies that are needed to be able to live in and contribute to the authors' current (and future) society, giving special attention to digital literacy as one of the core competencies for the 21st century.
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What Knowledge Is of Most Worth: Teacher Knowledge for 21st Century Learning.
TL;DR: A critical review of the literature on 21st century knowledge frameworks, with a particular focus on what this means for teachers and teacher educators, can be found in this paper, where the authors argue that seemingly disparate frameworks converge on three types of knowledge, as necessary for the 21 st century: foundational, meta-and humanistic.
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A Framework for Teachable Collaborative Problem Solving Skills
TL;DR: There is a growing awareness that collaborative skills require dedicated teaching efforts and collaborative problem solving has been identified as a particularly promising task that draws upon various social and cognitive skills, and that can be analysed in classroom environments where skills are both measurable and teachable.