1. 21st Century Thinking Skills

2. 20th Century Education Model
21st Century Skills Framework
Support
Systems
Student
Outcomes

3. *21st Century Skills & Themes
*Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being
recognized as the skills that separate students prepared
for increasingly complex life and work environments in the
21st century, and those who are not.
*A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication
and collaboration (the “4 C’s”) is essential to prepare
students for the future.
*To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers
must be able to exhibit a range of functional and
critical thinking skills related to information, media
and technology. Literacy now includes: Information
Literacy, Media Literacy, and ICT (Information,
Communications & Technology) Literacy

5. *21st Century Skills & Themes
*Today’s life and work environments require the ability
to navigate the complex life and work environments in
the globally competitive information age requires
students to pay rigorous attention to developing
adequate life and career skills.
*Flexibility and adaptability
*Initiative and self-direction
*Social and cross-cultural skills
*Productivity and accountability
*Leadership and responsibility

6. *21st Century Skills & Themes
• Beyond basic competency in core subjects to
promoting understanding of academic content at
much higher levels by weaving 21st century
interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:
– Global awareness
– Financial, economic, business
and entrepreneurial literacy
– Civic literacy
– Health literacy
– Environmental literacy

7. 21st Century Support Systems

8. 21st Century Support Systems

9. 21st Century Support Systems

10. 21st Century Support Systems

11. Framework for 21st Century Learning

12. *Turn & Talk
• In your table groups, discuss why
developing 21st Century Skills in your
students is important .

13. “My name was David, but that sounded old
fashioned. So I shortened it to DVD.”

14. to achieve in gatekeeper courses
To compete in a
global economy
to
collaborate
to problem
solve
effectively
Why Do Students Need 21st Century Skills?

15. 21st Century Student Outcomes

16. 21st Century Student Outcomes

17. Flexibility &
Adaptability
Life and Career Skills
Social &
Cross-Cultural Skills
Initiative &
Self-Direction
Productivity &
Accountability
Leadership &
Responsibility
21st Century Student Outcomes

18. 21st Century Student Outcomes

19. Critical Thinking
Problem-Solving
Creativity & Innovation
Communication & Collaboration
Learning & Innovation Skills
21st Century Student Outcomes

20. *Problem solving
*Analysis
*Synthesis
*Creativity
*Reflection and meta-cognition
Higher-Level Thinking Skills
Problem-Based Learning

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23. *Turn & Talk
• What are your thoughts about DOK?
• What questions do you have?

25. “The single best way to grow a better brain is to
engage in challenging problem solving.
Surprisingly, it doesn’t matter to our brains
whether we come up with the right answer or not:
the neural growth happens because of the
process, not because we have found the correct
answer.”
-“Teaching with the Brain in Mind”
Problem-Based Learning

26. *Implementing Problem-Based Learning
Real World Problem Hook Students Activate Prior Knowledge
Create a Plan Organize Materials & Resources
Students Work in
Groups

27. Learning & Innovation Skills
*Explain your thinking
*Open-ended tasks
*Creating pictorial
representations
*Content links
analyze line
graph
maximum
Quick Strategies

28. KEY POINTS:
* Problem-based learning sets forth a real-life problem to be solved.
* There are multiple ways to differentiate a problem-based lesson to meet students needs e.g. scaffolding, leveled questions, tiered problems, use of multiple intelligences.
* Strategically Plan:
-grouping of students and roles of group members
-your role and time spent working with groups
-time students need to solve the problem
-how you will meet students’ levels for readiness in the lesson
Problem-Based Learning Conclusion

29. *Problem-Based Learning

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31. Knowledge Transfer Lab