2. The Traditional Classroom
• Content delivered by
the teacher in the
classroom.
• Lecture and reading
from textbooks are the
main sources of
learning.
• Students are assessed
primarily on knowledge
learned.
3. The 21st Century Classroom
• Teacher
facilitates by
directing
students to
rich, learning
sources and
asking
students to
demonstrate
what they
know and are
able to do.
8. Learning and Innovation Skills
• Creativity and Innovation
Think Creatively
Work Creatively with Others
Implement Innovations
9. Learning and Innovation Skills
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Reason Effectively
Use Systems Thinking
Make Judgments and Decisions
Solve Problems
10. Learning and Innovation Skills
• Communication
Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral,
written and nonverbal communication skills in a
variety of forms and contexts
Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including
knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions
Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to
inform, instruct, motivate and persuade)
Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know
how to judge their effectiveness a priori as well as
assess their impact
Communicate effectively in diverse environments
(including multi-lingual)
11. Learning and Innovation Skills
• Collaboration
Demonstrate ability to work effectively and
respectfully with diverse teams
Exercise flexibility and willingness to be
helpful in making necessary compromises to
accomplish a common goal
Assume shared responsibility for collaborative
work, and value the individual contributions
made by each team member
12. Life and Career Skills
1. Flexibility and adaptability
2. Leadership and responsibility
3. Social and cross-cultural skills
4. Initiative and self-direction
5. Productivity and accountability
6. Ethical, moral and spiritual values
13. Life and Career Skills
• Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to varied roles, jobs responsibilities,
schedules and contexts
Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and
changing priorities
Incorporate feedback effectively
Deal positively with praise, setbacks and criticism
Understand, negotiate and balance diverse views
and beliefs to reach workable solutions,
particularly in multi-cultural environments
14. Life and Career Skills
• Leadership and Responsibility
Guide and Lead Others
Be Responsible to Others
15. Life and Career Skills
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
16. Life and Career Skills
• Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time
Work Independently
Be Self-directed Learners
17. Life and Career Skills
• Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects
Produce Results
18. Info, Media
and Technology Skills
1. Visual and information literacies
2. Media literacy
3. Basic, scientific, economic and
technological literacies
4. Multicultural literacy
19. Info, Media and Technology Skills
• Visual literacies
Ability to interpret, make meaning from
information presented in the form of an image
Ability to evaluate, apply, or create conceptual
visual representations
20. Info, Media and Technology Skills
• Information literacy
Ability to identify what information is needed
Identify the best sources of information for a
given need
Locate those sources, evaluate the sources
critically, and share that information
21. Info, Media and Technology Skills
• Media literacy
Ability to critically analyze the messages that
inform, entertain and sell to us everyday
Ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear
on all forms of media asking pertinent
questions about what is there and noticing
what is not there.
Ability to question what lies behind media
production
22. Info, Media and Technology Skills
• Scientific literacy
Encompasses written, numerical, and digital
literacy as they pertain to understanding
science, its methodology, observations, and
theories
Knowledge and understanding of scientific
concepts and processes required for
personal decision making, participation in
civic and cultural affairs, and economic
productivity.
23. Info, Media and Technology Skills
• Economic literacy
Ability to apply basic economic concepts in
situations relevant to one’s life
About cultivating a working knowledge of the
economic way of thinking.
24. Info, Media and Technology Skills
• Technological Literacy
Ability to responsibly use appropriate
technology to:
1. Communicate
2. Solve problems
3. Access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design
and create information to improve learning in
all subject areas
4. Acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the
21st century `
25.
26.
27. ANOTHER WAY OF GROUPING THE
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
• Ways of thinking. creativity, critical thinking, problem-
solving, decision- making and learning.
• Ways of working. Communication and collaboration
• Tools for working. Information and communications
technology(ICT) and information literacy .
• Skills for living in the world. citizenship, life and
career, and personal and social responsibility
28. “If we teach today as we
taught yesterday,
we rob our children of
tomorrow.
- John Dewey
29. References
• P21 Framework Definitions (2015)
www.p21.org.
• Teaching Profession (2012)
The 21st Century Teacher