Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century - Softcover

Committee On Defining Deeper Learning And 21st Century Skills; Center For Education; Division On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; National Research Council

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309256496 ISBN 13: 9780309256490

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2012

Synopsis

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

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0309256496
• ISBN 13: 9780309256490
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: James W. Pellegrino, Margaret L. Hilton