ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills

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Development and adoption of project

• Cisco, Intel, Microsoft joint contribution to
  improve education
• Joint company taskforce 9 members
• Dr Robert Kozma as consultant
• Aim to improve 21st century skills
• Define them clearly
• Make them measurable
• Connect with the classroom
• Cisco, Intel Microsoft now supporting an
  international team

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Development and adoption of project

• PROJECT RATIONALE
• Major Changes in the Economy and Work
• Major Changes in Society and Everyday Life
• Little Change in Education
• The Need to Transform Assessment
• Current assessments reflect typical
  pedagogical and assessment practices found in
  classrooms but they are also a key determiner of
  what students learn in classrooms and how that is
  taught. Consequently, assessment reform is key
  to the transformation of the educational system
  as a whole.

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Assessment in 21st Century
Existing models of assessment are typically at
odds with the skills, knowledge, attitudes and
characteristics of self-directed and
collaborative learning that are increasingly
important for our global economy and fast
changing world. New assessments are needed that
measure these skills and provide information that
is needed by students, teachers, parents,
administrators, and policymakers to catalyze and
support systemic education reform. These
assessments should engage students in the use of
technology and digital resources and the
application of a deep understanding of subject
knowledge to solve complex, real world tasks and
create new ideas, content, and knowledge.
Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Education
Taskforce Transforming Education Assessing and
Teaching the Skills Needed in the 21st Century A
Call to Action
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Engagement of countries and other companies

• Founder Countries
• Australia, Finland, Portugal, Singapore, UK, USA
• Other countries can join
• Collaborative electronic space
• Other companies can fund work
• If it fits the projects program
• If the company has relevant expertise
• If the company agrees thatall results will be in
  the public domain, asCisco, Intel and Microsoft
  have.

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White papers developed in 2009 by working groups

• Defining 21st Century Skills
• Ms Senta Raizen, WestEd
• Methodological Issues
• Dr Mark Wilson, University of California,
  Berkeley
• Technological Issues
• Dr Beno Csapo, University of Szeged, Hungary
• Classrooms and Formative Evaluation.
• Dr John Bransford, University of WashingtonDr
  Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto
• Policy Frameworks for New Assessments
• Dr Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University

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Defining 21st Century Skills
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Defining 21st Century Skills
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Defining 21st Century Skills
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Defining 21st Century Skills

• Conceptual structure
• Ways of thinking
• Creativity and innovation
• Critical thinking, problem solving
• Learning to learn, metacognition
• Ways of working
• Communication
• Collaboration (teamwork)
• Tools for working
• Information literacy
• ICT literacy
• Living in the world
• Citizenship local and global
• Life and career
• Personal, social responsibility

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A framework for 21st century skills

• Assessments signal priorities for curriculum and
  instruction
• Teachers model the pedagogical approach
• Curriculum developers respond
• Schools and teachers tend to focus on what is
  tested rather than underlying standards or
  learning goals
• May encourage a one-time performance orientation
  and transmission-type teaching
• Instructional/teaching time is diverted to
  specific test preparation activities

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