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21st Century Skills
The 21st century skills movement or global transformation
The global landscape for learning is reshaping itself.
Learning Past and Future
“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . using technologies that haven’t yet been invented . . . in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”
Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Clinton
21st Century Content
Global Awareness Civic Engagement Business, Financial & Economic Literacy
21st Century Learning Skills
Critical Thinking Problem Solving Communication Collaboration Creativity Self-Directed Learning Information & Media Literacy Accountability & Adaptability Social Responsibility
21st Century Content & Learning Skills
These aims and programs introduce a
teaching approach based on developing learners’ competencies for life.
Competencies
Discuss…
Competencies
Why integrate competencies into our teaching?
• New tendencies• Students are confronted with new and different situations• Technology• Globalization• Success
Why integrate competencies into our teaching?
Competencies
Why Reforms in Education, what are the aims of Education Policies?• Standarization of National programs.• Improve the quality of education.• Prepare students for life, according to
what society demands.
Competencies
•Generic competencies•Disciplinary competencies•Professional competencies
There are 3 types of competencies that concern learning a foreign language:
Competencies
Competencies
Generic Competencies:
The ability to perform tasks common to any professional strand. This competency involves personal, social and knowledge contexts that will become relevant throughout their life. These constitute the student´s main profile. (General)
Competencies
Disciplinary:
The ability to perform cross-curricular tasks (Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Communication). (Specific)
Competencies
Professional: The ability to perform tasks that will be relevant in their professional life.
But let´s concentrate on the Generic competencies for
now…
Generic competencies
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ERIC COM
PETENCIES
GEN
ERIC COM
PETENCIES
1. Self-Awareness 2. Effective Communication Skills3. Critical Thinking 4. Autonomous Learning Skills 5. Collaborative Learning Skills6. Ethics, Civics and Cultural Awareness
Generic Competencies
Peace Education:
teaching individuals the information, attitudes, values and behavioral competencies needed to resolve conflict without violence and to build mutually beneficial, harmonious relationships
Major reasons for peace educationMajor reasons for peace education
• To give students the competencies and values they need to build and maintain peace in their – Families– Peer group– Community– Workplace– Country– World– And within themselves.
Major reasons for peace educationMajor reasons for peace education
• To constructively deal with the aftermath of war and the presence of violence in our daily lives– Increased violence and aggression– To ensure that previously warring
groups live together in harmony– Immigrant children from war-torn
countries who have experienced are socialized into a peaceful, democratic society.
7 Worlds of Moral Education7 Worlds of Moral Education• Character Education• Cultural Education• Caring Community• Peace Education
• Social Action• Just Community• Ethical Inquiry
Character Education
Science / Math / Social Studies / Art / Physical Development
TheFour PillarsOf Learning
Learn to know
Learn to do
Learn to be
Learn to live
together
Awareness of world
issues and their
solutions
Active involvement in solution
building
Demonstrating respect for self
and others
Developing of attitudes
and commitment
of global citizenship
UNESCO: Four Pillars of Learning
UNESCO: Four Pillars of Learning
“One of education’s chief roles is to prepare future workers and citizens to deal with the challenges of their times. Knowledge work—the kind of work that most people will need in the coming decades—can be done anywhere by anyone who has the expertise, a cell phone, a laptop, and an Internet connection. But to have expert knowledge workers, every country needs an education system that produces them; therefore, education becomes the key to economic survival in the 21st century.
The future of work and careersAre students graduating from school really
ready to work?
“… students graduating from secondary schools, technical colleges, and universities are sorely lacking in some basic skills and a large number of applied skills:
• Oral and written communication• Critical thinking and problem solving• Professionalism and work ethic• Teamwork and collaboration• Working in diverse teams• Applying technology• Leadership and project management
As an English Teacher, are you preparing students to face their future?