Americans have long recognized that investments in public education
contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and
supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities.
Education is even more critical today, in the face of economic,
environmental, and social challenges. Today's children can meet
future challenges if their schooling and informal learning
activities prepare them for adult roles as citizens, employees,
managers, parents, volunteers, and entrepreneurs. To achieve their
full potential as adults, young people need to develop a range of
skills and knowledge that facilitate mastery and application of
English, mathematics, and other school subjects. At the same time,
business and political leaders are increasingly asking schools to
develop skills such as problem solving, critical thinking,
communication, collaboration, and self-management - often referred
to as "21st century skills." Education for Life and Work:
Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century
describes this important set of key skills that increase deeper
learning, college and career readiness, student-centered learning,
and higher order thinking. These labels include both cognitive and
non-cognitive skills- such as critical thinking, problem solving,
collaboration, effective communication, motivation, persistence,
and learning to learn. 21st century skills also include creativity,
innovation, and ethics that are important to later success and may
be developed in formal or informal learning environments. This
report also describes how these skills relate to each other and to
more traditional academic skills and content in the key disciplines
of reading, mathematics, and science. Education for Life and Work:
Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century
summarizes the findings of the research that investigates the
importance of such skills to success in education, work, and other
areas of adult responsibility and that demonstrates the importance
of developing these skills in K-16 education. In this report,
features related to learning these skills are identified, which
include teacher professional development, curriculum, assessment,
after-school and out-of-school programs, and informal learning
centers such as exhibits and museums. Table of Contents Front
Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 A Preliminary Classification of
Skills and Abilities 3 Importance of Deeper Learning and 21st
Century Skills 4 Perspectives on Deeper Learning 5 Deeper Learning
of English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science 6 Teaching and
Assessing for Transfer 7 Systems to Support Deeper Learning
References Appendix A: 21st Century Skills and Competencies
Included in the OECD Survey Appendix B: Reports on 21st Century
Skills Used in Aligning and Clustering Competencies Appendix C:
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members Index
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