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21 st Century Survival Skills. Adapted from The Global Achievement Gap By Tony Wagner For: Dobbs Fellowship on 21 st Century Skills Bernadette Mc Adam. In 60 seconds or less…. What are 21 st Century Survival Skills? Why do our students need them? How will they help you?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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2121stst Century Survival Century Survival Skills Skills
Adapted from Adapted from The Global Achievement GapThe Global Achievement Gap
By Tony WagnerBy Tony WagnerFor: Dobbs Fellowship on 21For: Dobbs Fellowship on 21stst Century Skills Century Skills
Bernadette Mc AdamBernadette Mc Adam
In 60 seconds or less…
• What are 21st Century Survival Skills?
• Why do our students need them?• How will they help you?
1. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
What does this mean?
Developing a habit of asking good questions
Work is no longer defined by specialty, but rather by the task or problem that needs solving, or the goal that must be accomplished (pgs 14-15).
2. Collaboration and Leading by Influence2. Collaboration and Leading by Influence
How exactly?How exactly?
Conference calls, web casts, net Conference calls, web casts, net meetings, video conferences…meetings, video conferences…(p 23)(p 23)
Becoming skillful at working with Becoming skillful at working with networks of people across networks of people across cultures and boundaries (p 24)cultures and boundaries (p 24)
Lead by influence rather than Lead by influence rather than authority (p 27).authority (p 27).
3. Agility and Adaptability
Why? Intensifying rate of change (p 30) Overwhelming amount of data (p 30) Increasing complexity of problems (p 30) We live in a world where there isn’t one right
answer, or if there is, it’s right only for a nanosecond (p 32).
4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
Because… Leadership is the capacity to take initiative
and trust yourself to be creative (p 33) Leaders want individuals to take initiative and
even be entrepreneurial in the ways they seek new opportunities, ideas, and strategies for improvement (p 32).
Employers are looking for self-starters and results-oriented individuals (p 33).
5. Effective Oral and Written Communication
What does this mean? The ability to create focus, energy and
passion (p 36) Convey information quickly and concisely (p
35) Expressing one’s views clearly;
communicating effectively is an important citizenship skill (p34).
6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
Importance? We manage an astronomical amount of
information (p 36) Be able to access and evaluate rapidly
changing information from multiple sources (p 37)
Knowledge workers analyze information to discern new challenges and opportunities (p 37)
7. Curiosity and Imagination
Why? Creative solutions to problems (p 38) Design products and services that stand out
from the competition (p 38) Question why things are the way they are (p
39) Go to the root of the problem; understand it
inside out, up and down (p 39)
So how does this help you?
• Differentiated Instruction• Highly engaged students• Student driven; student centered
activities• Facilitator rather than Teacher• Let go—Be surprised!
Why I need your help…• Form a small PLC on using the 21st
Century Skills in classrooms• Observing each other, having open
discussions and working together to improve instruction using 21st Century Skills in the classroom
• 3 to 4 volunteers.
References Wagner, Tony. (2008). The Global
Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It. New York: Basic Books.