21st century skills : learning for life in our times / Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel. [print]

"Partnership for 21st Century Skills."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Learning to innovate, innovating learning -- 1: What is 21st century learning? -- The perfect learning storm: four converging forces -- 2: What are 21st century skills? -- Learning and innovation skills: learning to create together -- Digital literacy skills: info-savvy, media-fluent, tech-tuned -- Career and life skills: work-ready, prepared for life -- 3: 21st century learning in practice -- 21st century learning and teaching -- Powerful learning: proven practices, researched results -- Retooling schooling: reshaping support systems -- Conclusion: learning for life--building a better world.

This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills. This book is filled with vignettes, international examples, and classroom samples that help illustrate the framework and provide an exciting view of what twenty-first century teaching and learning can achieve.

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