A New Vision for 21st Century Education

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Preparing Students for the 21st Century Weaving
21st Century Skills into K-12 Education
A New Vision for 21st Century Education
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Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21st Century
Skills National Title I Conference Long Beach,
California January 29, 2007
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Overview
Key Message
We need to bring 21st Century Skills to every
child in America. (e.g. New Tech High, Lawrence
Township)
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Overview

• Why are 21st Century Skills so important?
• What is the framework for 21st Century
  Skills?
• How can we imbed 21st Century
• Skills in core subjects?
• What should educators do to
• promote 21st Century Skills?

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Overview
This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not having about
education whether an entire generation of kids
will fail to make the grade in the global economy
because they cant think their way through
abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish
good formation from bad, or speak a language
other than English. How to Build a Student for
the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006
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Why are 21st Century Skills so Important?
5 Reasons
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Why 21st Century Skills?

• Every one of our students is now competing in the
  new global economy.
• (They are living in a flat world!)

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Why 21st Century Skills?
2. The U.S. is falling behind.
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Why 21st Century Skills?
Ranking of G8 countries 10th grade math
problem solving
OECD Ranking
Problem Solving
Math
Science
Reading
14th
15th
15th
18th
18th
24th
24th
2000
2000
2000
2003
2003
2003
2003
Source PISA, 2000, 2003
Courtesy of Cisco
Systems
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Why 21st Century Skills?
3. The nature of work is changing.
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Why 21st Century Skills?
Q. How many of you had Parents Grandparents who
had only one or two jobs in their lifetimes?
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Why 21st Century Skills?
Q. How many jobs will a young person have today
between age 18-38?
A. Elaine Chao says 10.2 jobs!
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Why 21st Century Skills?
20th Century
21st Century
1 2 Jobs
10 15 Jobs
Number of Jobs
Critical Thinking Across Disciplines
Mastery of One Field
Job Requirement
Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject
Matter Mastery
Subject Matter Mastery
Teaching Model
Subject Matter Mastery
Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject
Matter Mastery
Assessment Model
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Why 21st Century Skills?
4. The demands of the 21st Century workforce are
different.
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Why 21st Century Skills?
Workforce Survey Are They Really Ready to Work?
Released October 2, 2006, by The Conference
Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families,
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the
Society for Human Resource Management.
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Why 21st Century Skills?

• What skills are most important for job success
  when hiring a High School graduate?

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Why 21st Century Skills?

• Of the High School Students that you recently
  hired, what were their deficiencies?

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Why 21st Century Skills?

• What skills and content areas will be growing in
  importance in the next five years?

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Why 21st Century Skills?
5. We need our students to become effective
21st Century citizens.
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What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
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Overview
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21st Century Skills Framework
20th Century Education Model
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21st Century Skills Framework
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21st Century Skills Framework
Core Subjects

• - English
• Reading or Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Foreign Languages
• Civics

• Government
• Economics
• Arts
• History
• Geography

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Thinking and Learning Skills
• Critical Thinking Problem Solving Skills
• Creativity Innovation Skills
• Communication Information Skills
• Collaboration Skills
• (These are extremely important
• in a flat world.)

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21st Century Skills Framework

• ICT Literacy
• Information and communications technology (ICT)
  literacy is the ability to use technology to
  accomplish thinking and learning skills
• Critical Thinking Problem Solving Skills
• Creativity Innovation Skills
• Communication Information Skills
• Collaboration Skills

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Life Skills
• Leadership
• Ethics
• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Personal Productivity
• Personal Responsibility
• People Skills
• Self Direction
• Social Responsibility

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21st Century Skills Framework

• 21st Century Content
• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic, Business and
  Entrepreneurship Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Health Wellness Awareness

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Every child must be taught
• Core Subjects
• Learning and Thinking Skills
• ICT Literacy
• Life Skills
• 21st Century Content

These are the new design specs for education in
the 21st Century.
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How can we imbed 21st Century Skills in core
subjects?
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21st Century Skills in Core Subjects
Q. Should we teach 21st Century Skills as a
stand-alone subject?

• No.
• (ExamplePluto)

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Use the ICT Literacy Maps for
• Math
• Science
• English
• Geography
• Social Studies (early 2007)

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21st Century Skills Framework
21st Century Model
Analytic Thinking
Geographic Content
Geography
Global Positioning Software
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Q. What should educators do to promote 21st
Century Skills?
A. 6 Strategies
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What Should Educators Do?
1. Focus on 21st Century outcomes for every
child, especially those living in underserved
communities.
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What Should Educators Do?
2. Focus on Professional Development

• Examples
• Lawrence Township
• North Carolina
• West Virginia

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What Should Educators Do?
3. Focus on Assessment

• Examples
• John Bransford
• Collegiate Learning Assessment
• Student Portfolios
• Senior Projects

Assessment of 21st Century Skills The Current
Landscape June 2005 Partnership for 21st
Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org
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What Should Educators Do?
4. Focus on High School Reform
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What Should Educators Do?

• Collaborate with
• Community-Based Groups

Collaborate with youth development and
after-school programs on a community strategy
to pursue 21st Century Skills.
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What Should Educators Do?

• 6. Collaborate with the Business Community
• Skill Outcomes Consensus
• Career Awareness Programs
• Internships

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Conclusion
There is remarkable consensus among educators
and business and policy leaders on one key
conclusion we need to bring what we teach and
how we teach into the 21st Century. TIME
Magazine, December 18, 2006
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Conclusion

• Every student in this country must be
• A critical thinker
• A problem solver
• An innovator
• An effective communicator
• An effective collaborator
• A self-directed learner
• Information and media literate
• Globally aware
• Civically engaged
• Financially and economically literate

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Conclusion
These are the new design specs for education
in the 21st Century.
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Conclusion
Lets work together to bring 21st Century Skills
to every child in America.
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Contact Us
Let us know how we can help. The Partnership for
21st Century Skills 177 North Church Avenue,
Suite 305 Tucson, AZ 85701 (520)
623-2466 www.21stcenturyskills.org