The mission of the Center for Curriculum Redesign (CCR) is to answer this timely question, and openly propagate its recommendations and frameworks on a worldwide basis. - See video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7dgWnPIENU and more at: http://curriculumredesign.org/

1. Making Education Relevant
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2. What
should students
learn for the
21st century?

3. We know the benefits of Education…
Human Potential
Societal Wellbeing
Collective Prosperity

4. Climate change
Religious intolerance
Personal privacy
Financial instability
Political partisanship
but the road ahead is challenging…
Technological disruptions
Inequities

5. Volatility
Uncertainty
Complexity
Ambiguity
…and we face

6. It is humankind’s wisdom…
Confucius Socrates

7. …that versatility is resilience

8. reflects the
late
1800’s…
But
curriculum

9. and not today’s world…

10. …nor tomorrow’s

11. In the age of exponential technologies

12. education and technology are in a race

13. …that education must not lose!

14. Yet Curriculum has evolved
s l o w l y

15. …while students beg for relevance
“Please, Ms. Sweeney, may I ask where you’re going with all this?”

16. Imagine deeper learning…

17. “You cannot
solve a
problem from
the same
consciousness
that created it.
You must learn
to see the world
anew.”

18. We must reassess Knowledge
for relevance

19. Harness interdisciplinarity
Robotics
Entrepreneurship
Wellness
and more…

20. Learn Skills
Creativity
Critical thinking
Communication
Collaboration

21. Mindfulness
Curiosity
Courage
Resilience
Ethics
Leadership
Build Character

22. Train
Meta-Learning
Metacognition
Growth Mindset

23. Leveraging our entire selves…

24. …for a 21st century education
Knowledge
Skills
Character
Meta-Learning

25. With key global players

26. …we will solve societal crises

27. …improve collective prosperity

28. …and expand humanity’s potential

29. …for a better world.

30. “It always seems impossible,
until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela

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“It provides a clear and
actionable first-of-its-kind
organizing framework of
competencies needed for this
century”
Andreas Schleicher,
Director for Education and Skills,
OECD
“Educators and policymakers
worldwide owe it to students and
societies to rapidly
operationalize these
dimensions”
Todd Rose,
Director, Mind, Brain & Education program
Harvard University
http://curriculumredesign.org/

32. www.curriculumredesign.org @CurrRedesign #4DEdu
Let’s shape education for the
future we want!

33. With sincere gratitude to all external sources;
their contribution is used for nonprofit education work
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