1.

Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by

Influence - Group work is critical for students to
understand the different roles within a group, and how to
both lead and listen
2. Agility and Adaptability - Cultivating dynamic classroom
environments prepares students to quickly and
comfortably adapt to changing situations
3. Initiative and Entrepreneurship - Students should be
active participants and meaningful contributors to their
world

4. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving - Lessons

should build students confidence in identifying problems
and thinking critically to solve them

5. Effective Oral and Written Communication - Despite

ever-changing technology, communication skills will
always be a necessary element in success

6. Accessing and Analyzing Information - Students

should be able to effectively locate and make sense of the
vast resource of online information made available to
them

7. Curiosity and Imagination - Teachers should

encourage students to exercise creativity and foster their
imagination

PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST

CENTURY SKILLS

Organization committed to overhauling our school

systems by incorporating 21st century skills into
classroom instruction
Seek to mix traditional school subjects with 4 C skills
they believe are necessary to compete in todays global
economy

PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST

CENTURY SKILLS
Believe schools should be laced with a project-based
curriculum for life aimed at engaging students in
addressing real-world problems, issues important to
humanity, and questions that matter.
Incorporating these lessons prepare students
not only for higher education, but for successful
careers/lives

How Schools Can Cultivate These Skills

These four skills all relate to the thought processes and
behaviors of students
Most important aspect of todays education is teaching
students key concepts/content that can then be utilized in an
interdisciplinary way so they can store Permits students to learn
and apply knowledge in different settings

Schoolwork should reflect real life situations that are relevant

to students Relevant information is more easily remembered
Technology is also an important piece Very important for
students to identify what technological tools will best complete tasks + then
use these tools to create and distribute information

Changes in Todays Education

The incredible technological advances of the 21st century have

demanded a change in our educational system in order to best position
our students for future success We should seriously consider the claim
that we are now undergoing one of the most significant technological
revolutions for education since the progression from oral to print and
book based teaching. Dr. Douglas Kellner, UCLA, New Media and New
Literacies: Reconstructing Education for the New Millennium

The Philippines is one of many developing countries that has

begun using the Internet to establish closer communication
with entities abroad. Some educational institutions have begun
engaging in Internet-based distance education to provide
accessible, anytime, anywhere education. These ventures have
focused on the tertiary level and post-graduate level of
education. The quality of the Internet education that they
provide has shown them to be at par with western institutions.