A New Vision for 21st Century Education

1
Developing a Framework for 21st Century Learning
A New Vision for 21st Century Education
Insert Presenter Name Insert Presenter Title
Company Insert Event Name Insert
Date PLEASE NOTE This is only a template
presentation you may add examples and additional
slides based on your audience EDUCATION COMMUNITY
AUDIENCE
Partnership for 21st Century Skills NSBA NCLB
and the New Global Economy San Francisco,
CA April 16, 2007
2
Overview
This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not having about
education whether an entire generation of kids
will fail to make the grade in the global economy
because they cant think their way through
abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish
good information from bad, or speak a language
other than English. How to Build a Student for
the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006
3
Who is the Partnership?
4
Why are 21st Century Skills important?

• Student experience has changed outside of
  school.
• Global interdependence has become imperative
• The workplace has evolved.
• We need many more of our students to become
  effective 21st Century Citizens with lifelong
  learning skills.

5
21st Century Skills Framework
6
Why 21st Century Skills?
Workforce Survey Are They Really Ready to Work?
Released October 2, 2006, by The Conference
Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families,
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the
Society for Human Resource Management.
7
Why 21st Century Skills?

• What skills are most important for job success
  when hiring a High School graduate?

8
Why 21st Century Skills?

• Of the High School Students that you recently
  hired, what were their deficiencies?

9
Why 21st Century Skills?

• What skills and content areas will be growing in
  importance in the next five years?

10
Benchmarking RigorCollege View of What is Needed

• College professors views of the skills students
  lack
• 70 say students do not comprehend complex
  reading materials
• 66 say students cannot think analytically
• 65 say students lack appropriate work and study
  habits
• 62 say students write poorly
• 59 say students dont know how to do research
• 55 say students cant apply what theyve
  learned to solve problems
• 2005 Achieve Inc. http//www.achieve.org/files/pol
  lrepport.df

11
More Important Than Academic Content The
Foundational Skills for College

• From research conducted by David Conley on
  College Knowledge
• Writing
• Reasoning
• Analytic Thinking
• Problem-solving
• http//ceprnet.uoregon.edu
• The Collegiate Learning Assessmentan online
  performance assessment of these core
  competencies
• http//www.cae.org/content/pro_collegiate.htm

12
Focus Group Results Recent H.S. Grads Summary of
What They Needed for College

• Writing skills
• Study skills and time management
• Research skills
• Study group experience
• What would your graduates say?

13
www.21stcenturyskills.org