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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)Content type:
  • text
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • video
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9780470475386
  • 0470475382
  • 9781118157060
  • 1118157060
Other title:
  • Twenty first century skills
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.73 22
LOC classification:
  • LA 217.2 .T75 2009
Other classification:
  • 5,3
  • DI 4002
  • G571.21
  • G571.21
Contents:
Prologue: The search for innovative learning -- Introduction: Learning to innovate, innovating learning -- Learning past and future -- The perfect learning storm: Four converging forces -- 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 -- 21st century learning and teaching -- Powerful learning: Proven practices, researched results -- Retooling schooling: Reshaping support systems -- Conclusion: Learning for life: Building a better world -- Appendix A: Resources -- Appendix B: About the Partnership for 21st Century Skills -- Appendix C: 3Rs x 7Cs = 21st century learning.
Summary: This resource introduces a framework for twenty-first century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. Twenty-first 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 a view of what twenty-first century teaching and learning can achieve.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection LA 217.2 .T75 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5181803

"Standards, Assessment and Professional Development Committee of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.

Prologue: The search for innovative learning -- Introduction: Learning to innovate, innovating learning -- Learning past and future -- The perfect learning storm: Four converging forces -- 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 -- 21st century learning and teaching -- Powerful learning: Proven practices, researched results -- Retooling schooling: Reshaping support systems -- Conclusion: Learning for life: Building a better world -- Appendix A: Resources -- Appendix B: About the Partnership for 21st Century Skills -- Appendix C: 3Rs x 7Cs = 21st century learning.

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This resource introduces a framework for twenty-first century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. Twenty-first 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 a view of what twenty-first century teaching and learning can achieve.

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