So teachers face the dilemma that their students» learning (and the individual teacher's effectiveness) will be judged on the basis of recall of information at the same time there is general agreement that the 21st
century skills demand creativity, critical thinking and problem solving, communication, and collaborating with others.
Not exact matches
Reflecting the expanding responsibilities of technology directors and heightened
demand for schools to build students» 21st -
century skills, the Consortium for School Networking has updated its framework detailing how chief technology officers, or CTOs, can become educational leaders in their districts.
Early in the 20th
century, opposition to overt discrimination and
demand for greater teacher
skills led to the current single - salary schedule, which pays the same salary to teachers with the same qualifications regardless of grade level taught, gender, or race.
With a passion for education, David Weinstein saw the gap between the inadequate writing
skills of high school students and the 21st -
century demands of colleges, workplaces, and engaged citizenship.
To be prepared for the
demands of the 21st
century — and to take advantage of its opportunities — it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming
skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.
The overwhelming interest in business administration and management degree courses highlights the in -
demand skills required to succeed in the 21st
century workplace.
But at the turn of the 20th
century, the introduction of electricity and the widespread adoption of capital - intensive technologies boosted the
demand for
skilled mechanics, technicians, clerks — people who could read manuals and do algebra.
At the beginning of the 20th
century, the increase in industrial jobs started
demanding skills and concepts well beyond those of 8th grade.
Today's learners face an uncertain present and a rapidly changing future that
demands far different
skills and knowledge than we needed in the 20th
century.
In short, a host of changes beginning in the late 19th
century increased the
demand for certain
skills and knowledge.
Enhance state curriculum frameworks to include 21st
Century Skills and the demands of a new era and create a comprehensive assessment system that assesses those s
Skills and the
demands of a new era and create a comprehensive assessment system that assesses those
skillsskills.
A driver of this effort was the wiring of schools and the workplace
demands of corporate interests, perhaps best represented by the Partnership for 21st -
Century Skills (2014).
The NAIS vision foresees a future where independent school graduates will make good choices for themselves, their communities, and the world, capitalizing upon those values and
skills that won't change and acquiring those new
skills and values a 21st
Century marketplace and global commons will
demand.
Over the past ten years or so, we've seen an enormous spike in
demand and interest in PBL, particularly with the emergence of some of the new policies like Common Core, this shift toward 21st
Century Skills.
Employers today
demand college graduates who are highly
skilled at working in teams, thinking critically, solving complex problems, planning and prioritizing work and communicating effectively — in short, graduates with 21st -
century skills.
TLI's goal is for participating teachers to become leaders in the profession, developing the knowledge,
skills, and core values to meet the
demands of 21st -
century teaching and learning.
As the twenty - first -
century economy increases
demand for a diverse array of workforce
skills, these demographic trends present a significant obstacle to the state's economic future.
Real estate professionals who want to remain competitive need to ensure that their
skill set keeps pace to satisfy the new
demands that capital will have in the 21st
century.