learning skills

1. Lott Middle School
Parent Information
21st CENTURY Learning Skills

2. Introduction
Why are 21st century skills important?
What are 21st century skills?

3. Why are
21st century skills
important?

4. students
why are 21st century skills important?
Today’s education faces irrelevance unless
we bridge the gap between how students
live and how students learn.

5. Relationship to no child left behind
•Emphasizes student achievement and requires
assessments in core subjects.
•Skills are to be integrated in core subjects
•Requires that every student be technologically
literate by 8th grade
why are 21st century skills important?

6. What are
21st century skills?

7. Framework for 21st century learning
21st Century Learning: What does it involve?
Learning Core Subjects
21st Century Themes
Learning and Innovation Skills
Life and Career Skills
Information, Media and Technology Skills

8. Core Subjects
21st Century Learning: What does it involve?
English
Reading/Lang Arts
World Languages
Arts
Mathematics
Economics
Science
Geography
History
Government
Civics
Core academic subjects remain the foundation of a good education.

9. 21st Century Themes (21st Century Content)
21st Century Learning: What does it involve?
Global Awareness (Use 21st century skills to understand and address global issues)
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
(Understanding the role of the economy all the way down to personal financial choices.)
Civic Literacy (Using 21st century skills to responsibly exercise rights and responsibilities at local,
state, national and global levels.)

10. Learning and Innovation Skills
21st Century Learning: What does it involve?
Creativity and Innovation Skills
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
Communication and Collaboration Skills

11. Life and Career Skills
21st Century Learning: What does it involve?
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility

12. Information, Media & Technology Skills
21st Century Learning: What does it involve?
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
ICT Literacy (Information, Communications, and Technology)
Information and Communication Technologies, such as Computers,
Networking and other Technologies
Audio, Video, and Other Media and Multimedia Tools