"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.