21st Century Education, Literacies and Skills

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Competencies and Frameworks

MOE 21st Century Competencies

1. Core Values
   1. Respect
   2. Responsibility
   3. Integrity
   4. Care
   5. Resilience
   6. Harmony
2. Social Emotional Competencies
   1. Self-Awareness
   2. Self-Management
   3. Social Awareness
   4. Relationship Management
   5. Responsible Decision Making
3. 21st Century Skills for Global Context
   1. Civic Literacy, Global Awareness & cross-cultural skills
   2. Critical and Inventive Thinking
   3. Information and Communication Skills

P21 Framework for 21st Century Skills

<21st Century Student Outcomes and Support Systems>

Outline of Descriptors here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nx7IeChQUc8PpzOYoEe3KYWVSyrWGYc_9QFIi3XUZ4A/edit

Student Outcomes

• Core Subjects - 3Rs and 21st Century Themes
  • Core Subjects: English, reading or Language Arts, World languages, Arts, Mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics
  • Interdisciplinary Themes
    • Global Awareness
    • Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
    • Civic Literacy
    • Health Literacy
    • Environmental Literacy
• Learning and Innovation Skills (4Cs)
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
• Information, Media and Technology SKills
  • Information Literacy
  • Media Literacy
  • ICT Literacy
• Life and Career Skills
  • Flexibility and Adaptability
  • Initiative and Self-Direction
  • Social and Cross-Cultural SKills
  • Productivity and Accountability
  • Leadership and Responsibility

P21 Critical Support Systems

• 21st Century Standards
• Assessments of 21st Century Skills
• 21st Century Curriculum and Instruction
• 21st Century Professional Development
• 21st Century Learning Environments

ATC21S

4 Categories

• Ways of Thinking: Creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, learning
• Ways of Working: Communication and collaboration
• Tools for working: Information and communications technology and information literacy
• Skills for living in the world: Citizenship, Life and career, and personal and social responsibility

2 Skills that span the 4 categories

• Collaborative Problem-solving: Contribution and exchange of ideas, knowledge or resources to achieve goal.
• ICT Literacy - Learning in Digital Networks: Social networking, ICT literacy, technological awareness and simulation. Function in social networks, contribute to development of social and intellectual capital.

EU Key Competences for Lifelong Learning

From: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_en.htm

• Key competencies(Knowledge/ Skills/ Attitudes)
• Purpose
  • Personal Fulfillment and development
  • Employment and added value for labour market
  • Social inclusion and Social Cohesion
  • Active Citizenship
• How
  • Flexibility in labour force
  • Adaptability to changes in interconnected world
  • Satisfaction and Motivation
  • Innovation, productivity, competitiveness and quality of work
• Acquired through
  • Young people at end of compulsory Education and training (equip them for adult/working life, basis for further learning)
  • Adults through process of developing and updating skills
  • Principles of equality and access for all including disadvantaged groups. (Low basic skills, early school leavers, long term unemployed, disabilities, migrants)
• 8 Key Competencies
  • Communication in Mother Tongue
    • Ability to express and interpret concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and opinions
    • in oral and written form (listening, speaking, reading and writing)
    • Interact in full range of societal and cultural contexts
  • Communication in Foreign Languages
    • Mediation and intercultural understanding
  • Mathematical competence and basic competence in science and technology
    • Maths: develop and apply mathematical thinking to solve problems mainly on on process, activity and knowledge
    • Science and Tech: Mastery, use and application of knowledge and methodologies that explain natural world. Understand changes caused by human activity and responsibility of individual as citizen.
  • Digital Competence
    • Critical use of Information society technology CST
    • Basic ICT skills
  • Learning to Learn
    • Ability to pursue and organise own learning individually or in groups, accordance to needs and awareness of methods and opportunities
  • Social and Civic Competence
    • Personal, interpersonal and intercultural competence and behaviors that equip individuals to participate in effective/constructive way in social and working life
    • Personal and social Well Being
    • Codes of conduct, customs, civic competence, social and political concepts and structures (Democracy, justice, equality, citizenship and civil rights)
  • Sense of Initiative and entrepreneurship
    • Turn ideas into action
    • Creativity, innovation and risk-taking
    • Ability to plan and manage projects to achieve objectives.
    • Aware of context of work and seize opportunities that arise. Foundation for acquiring specific skills and knowledge needed for establishing or contributing to social or commercial activity.
    • Awareness of ethical values and promotion of good governance.
  • Cultural Awareness and Expression
    • Appreciation of creative expression of ideas, experiences, emotions in a range of media (Music, performing arts, literature, visual arts)
• Interdependent emphasis on
  • Critical Thinking
  • Creativity
  • Initiative
  • Problem Solving
  • Risk Assessment
  • Decision taking
  • Constructive management of feelings

P21

• Overview
  • Skills Framework
  • P21 FAQ
  • Use of P21 Content
• Tools and Resources
  • Educators
    • Defining 21st Century Skills
      • Framework for 21st Century Learning A 2-page vision for student success in the new global economy
      • P21 Framework Definitions skills, knowledge and expertise students must master to succeed in work and life; it is a blend of content knowledge, specific skills, competencies, and literacies.
      • Framework Foundations White Paper (archive)
      • Learning for the 21st Century(archive)
    • Implementing 21st Century Skills
      • Overview
      • Schools
      • Learning Environments
      • Professional Development
      • 21st Century Skills Maps
      • ICT Literacy Maps
      • Exemplars
• Policymakers
  • Parents & Communities
  • Speakers Bureau
  • Professional Development Affiliate Program
  • Above & Beyond animation
  • Publications