21ST CENTURY SKILLS: LEARNING FOR LIFE IN OUR TIMES

Here's the link to an interesting blogpost, organised in a Q & A format, on the importance of 21st century skills, as outlined in the book, '21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times', by two educators, Berrie Trilling & Charles Fadel.

In a nut shell, the foregoing book, accompanied by a DVD, vividly illustrates the critical skills needed to survive & thrive in a complex & connected world:

• Learning & innovation skills (critical thinking, problem solving, creativity & innovation);

• Digital literacy skills (information, media & technology literacy);

• Life & career skills (initiative, self-direction, leadership & adaptability);

[Readers can also pop into the corporate website of the US-based Partnership for 21st Century Skills (the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education by bringing together the business community, education leaders, & policymakers), whose skills acquisition framework is the basis of the foregoing book.]