A New Vision for 21st Century Education

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Preparing our Students for the 21st Century
Workforce A Look at 21st Century Skills
A New Vision for 21st Century Education
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Tom Foster Melinda Stanley Kansas State
Department of Education June 12, 2007
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Why are 21st Century Skills so Important?
The Reasons
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Why 21st Century Skills?
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 information 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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Our students are different.
Learner Circa 1950

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MEDIA USAGE

• Multi-tasking 26 (8.5 into 6.5)
• TV Videos DVDs (351)
• Listening to music (144)
• Interactive media / computer (102) outside of
  schoolwork
• Playing video games (049)
• Reading (043) other than schoolwork

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The 6 ½ hours a day devoted to media compares to

• Hanging out with parents (217)
• Physical activity (125)
• Doing homework (050)
• Doing chores (032)
• Noted all figures are averages across seven days
  of the week.

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Learner Circa 2007
Creativity Analytical Thinking SkillsGumption
Self-Direction Reflection Skills Initiative
and Ambition Adaptable Versatile Inquisitivenes
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Technological Fluency Communication Verbal
proficiency Collaboration Leadership,
Coordination, Teamwork, Interpersonal Skills,
Relationships Solve Complex Problems
In the media-drenched era of blogs and podcasts,
Google searches and instant messages, young
people need to acquire a new set of literacy
skills...
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Our students will compete in a global economy.
A swiftly rising number of American workers at
every skill level are in direct competition with
workers in every corner of the globe.Tough
Choices Or Tough Times, National Center on
Education and the Economy
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The nature of work is changing.
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21st Century
20th 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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Are students prepared for the workforce?

• Industrial workers were measured by their
  efficiency
• Knowledge workers are
• measured by their effectiveness

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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 groups.
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What skills are most important for success when
hiring a HS graduate?
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Of the HS Students that you hired.
what were their deficiencies?
KS employers have identified the following
deficiencies Communications skills, problem
solving abilities, mathematical analysis and
scientific knowledgeSource KS Dept of Labor
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The New Skills commission report

• The best employers the world over will
• be looking for the most competent,
• most creative and most innovative
• people on the face of the earth and
• will be willing to pay them top dollar for
• their services. Those countries that
• produce the most important new
• products and services can capture a
• premium in the world markets that will
• enable them to pay high wages to their
• citizens.

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We need to prepare our students to be effective
21st Century citizens.

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

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What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
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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

• Critical Thinking Problem Solving Skills
• Creativity Innovation Skills
• Communication Information Skills
• Collaboration Skills
• Contextual Learning
• Information and Media Literacy
• What it looks like Explorer Project

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21st Century Skills Framework
Kids need to learn how to leap across
disciplines because that is how breakthroughs now
come about. Its interdisciplinary
combinationsdesign and technology, mathematics
and artthat produce YouTube and Google

• English
• Mathematics
• Reading/Language Arts
• Science
• Foreign Languages
• Civics
• Government
• Economics
• Arts
• History
• Geography

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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
• Contextual Learning
• Information and Media Literacy
• What it looks like Snapshot of a TRC Classroom

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Leadership
• Ethics
• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Personal Productivity
• Personal Responsibility
• People Skills
• Self Direction
• Social Responsibility
• What it Looks Like Sri Lanka

Relationships
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21st Century Skills Framework

• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic, Business and
  Entrepreneurship Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Health Wellness Awareness

Relevance
What it Looks Like The Cattle Mystery
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21st Century Assessment
What should 21st Century assessment look like?
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Every student in Kansas 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

Things which matter most must never be at the
mercy of things which matter least. -Goethe
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The Call to Action

• Recognize that Results are Different from
  Traditional Metrics
• Redefine rigor
• Core Content Mastery
• 21st Century Skills Content
• Promote School Redesign
• Prepare Every Student for Success in the 21st
  Century

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State Board of Education2005-06 Goals and
Objectives

• Redesigning the delivery system to meet our
  states changing needs
• identify, replicate, and promote best practice
  (Oct 05)
• review current regulations to identify any
  requirements that would limit redesign of the
  system (May 05)
• select models and guiding principles that need
  further study and development (July 05)
• create a policy that can serve as a guide at the
  local level (Sept 05)
• examine the definition of a classroom in a
  redesigned system (2006)

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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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Resources

• Partnership For 21st Century Skills Resources
• www.21stcenturyskills.org
• Policy Makers Guide
• HS Reform Guide
• Time Magazine Article
• Touch Choices for Tough Times
• www.skillscommission.org