21st-century skills should be explicitly taught in schools by Janne Swinkels

Far Transfer: its hard to adapt new skills to new situations. It takes years of practice and it has to be repeated.

2024-11-20 12:26:47 UTC

(Willingham, 2019)

Repetition of the past

yhageelen — 2024-11-20 12:26:54 UTC

In previous centuries, there was the same debate about new skills. There is a constant question of teaching the 'new' emerging skills, while these may not be as 'new' as we think them to be (chronocentrism).

We are never sure what the future exactly looks like. When we look at the article of Pedro, we see that there are a lot of myths about future education that turn out not to be true afterall.

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Cognitive overload

2024-11-20 12:28:10 UTC

Training teachers how to teach 21st-century skills can cause an overload for them, because they already have a high workload

Lack of preparedness teachers

2024-11-20 12:28:44 UTC

When teachers don't know how to teach 21st-century skills, this can lead to ineffective instruction

Far Transfer is a challenge.

amberdiannemaria — 2024-11-20 12:28:51 UTC

It is important to teach 21 century skills, such as critical thinking. Because according to Willingham (2019) it is a basic skill that is needed for engagement and succes.

2024-11-20 12:29:18 UTC

According to Willingham, 21st century skills can be taught within different subjects. This will help students better perform on tasks within the specific domains but also accross other domains

2024-11-20 12:29:35 UTC

Life-long learning

2024-11-20 12:29:39 UTC

21st-century skills are not domain specific and can therefore be broadly used, when instructed effectively. You can use this skills not only in education, but also in your daily life or later in work

Critical thinking of 21-century skills

yhageelen — 2024-11-20 12:31:14 UTC

By teaching students 21st-century skills, they are aware of the pitfalls and ethics associated with it. Therefore, they adapt the use more appropriately.

Early childhood --> more cognitive skills: When teaching young learners 21st century skills, they develop more cognitive skills

2024-11-20 12:33:07 UTC

Difficulty Assessment Critical Thinking

amberdiannemaria — 2024-11-20 12:33:13 UTC

"Assessing critical thinking requires that students answer open-form questions, and that means humans must score the response, an expensive proposition."

Practical implications

2024-11-20 12:35:47 UTC