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Preparing Youth for the 21st
Century Workplace
Matt CalvertLaura MorrisKaren Nelson
Joanna Skluzacek
29 March 2011WACEC
21st Century Skills
Learning in 4-H Youth Development
• Motivation and Engagement
– Contribution: Authentic and Consequential Activities
– Belonging
– Independence and Flexibility
• Challenge
– Scaffolding through roles
– High expectations
Wisconsin 4-H Youth Leadership Survey
Survey sampled 268 youth grades 6 through college freshmen
Drawn from 12,942 4-H members statewide + representation of other leadership programs
Follow up focus groups in seven counties.
Most Frequent Leadership Experiences
1. Work as a group or team2. Work in cooperation or partnership with an
adult3. Guide, train, or advise younger children and
peers4. Experience guidance, training, or advising from
older youth or adults5. Engage in service that benefits others6. Make decisions that affect a
group, organization, or community.
4-H Youth Leadership Survey
48%
56%
58%
63%
64%
65%
67%
72%
76%
SC: Decision Making/Problem Solving
SC: Planning and Organizing
SC: Communication
SC: Inclusiveness/Multicultural
SC: Teamwork
LEI: Self-Efficacy
LEI: Leadership Identity
C: Motivation/Ability for Community Action
C: Community Connections
C=Connectedness, LEI=Leadership Efficacy and Identity, SC=Social Competency
Contributed a Great Deal/Quite a Bit
Life and Career Skills
Leadership Evaluation Results
How much did 4-H Participation contribute?
SkillsStrongest Findings in Teamwork
Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others (74% agreed)Accept ideas different from your own (64%)Help a team/group reach it’s goals (68%)
Other Strong Findings: Inclusiveness, Communication, Planning and Organizing
Leadership Efficacy and IdentifyStrongest Findings in Leadership Identity
Accept Responsibility for Doing a Job (74%)Understand your own leadership strengths (67%)
Other Strong Findings: Self-efficacy
ConnectednessStrongest Findings in Community Connections
Made you feel more connected to your community (83%)Made you feel more important to your community (77%)
Other findings: Motivation (“Motivated you to work with others to make things better in your community” (79%)
STEM as a National Mission Mandate
• America faces a future of intense global competition with a startling shortage of scientists
– 18 percent of U.S. high school seniors are proficient in science (NAEP 2005)
• Goal of engaging one million new young people in science programs by 2013
Undergraduate Degrees in Science & Engineering
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Japan China Germany United
States
36%
59%
5%
66%
SOURCE: Rising Above the Gathering Storm, 2006
U.S. Challenges in Science, Engineering & Technology
STEM in the Economy• Between 2006 and 2016, STEM jobs will
account for one out of five new jobs in Wisconsin (WI Dept. of Workforce Dev., 2008)
How are these two photos related?
FDA to consider approval of genetically engineered salmon
This year's 'big steer' was a clone
Higher Science Participation in 4-H
4-H Girls Choose Science
Summary
• 4-H Youth Development plays a crucial role in preparing youth for 21st century jobs
• Youth in 4-H are motivated to be lifelong learners– Leadership development
– Teamwork
– Communication
– Technology
– Creativity