Presentation about 21th Century Skill at Cisco NetAcad Program events in 2012

1. What Are
21st Century Skills?
Phan Thanh Son
CTO, Cisco Vietnam
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2. The Popular Press Gets It
“This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not having
about education…whether an entire
generation of kids will fail to make the
grade in the global economy because
they can’t think their way through
abstract problems, work in teams,
distinguish good information from
bad, or speak a language other than
English.”
How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME
Magazine, December 18, 2006
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3. We Believe the Education Game
Is Changing
Facing Large
Scale Disruption
The Learner The Employer
Education
System
Lives an Demands New 21st
Online Life Century Skills
In Need of a Bold
Attends a and Urgent Demands Strong
Disconnected Response Basics
Classroom
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5. Employers are Adapting to the
Challenges of Global Competition
% Employers Think 21st Century Skills Will Be
More Important in Graduates over Next 5 Years*
“The best employers Diversity 67.1
the world over will
be looking for Creativity/
73.6
Innovation
the most creative,
most innovative Teamwork/
74.2
Collaboration
people on the
face of the earth.” IT Application 77.4
Tough Choices for Critical Thinking/
77.8
Tough Times, 2007 Problem Solving
Results refer to US 2-year college and technical diploma graduates, but are similar for high school
and 4-year college diploma graduates
Source: National Council on Economic Education, Tough Choices or Tough Times?—The Report of
the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, Washington, 2007; Workforce
Readiness Project, 2006.
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6. Education 3.0—a Paradigm Shift
Achieved in Holistic
Transformation
21st Century
Education 3.0 Pedagogy
Education 2.0
21st 21st Century
Education 1.0 Century Skills
Learning
Traditional Curriculum Enabled by
Education Technology
Teachers
Systems
Accountability
Supported Through an Adapted
Leadership Reform Agenda
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7. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Source: Developing a Framework for 21st Century Learning,
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, April 21, 2007; team analysis
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8. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Learning
Life and 21st
Core and ICT
Career Century
Subjects Thinking Literacy
Skills Content
Skills
Place Special Ensure Most Able
Develop Core Emphasis on Students Can
Subjects to Create Science, Reach Higher
Deep Specialized Technology, Achievements in
Subject Knowledge Engineering, Math 21st Century and
(STEM) Disciplines STEM Skills
1 2 3
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9. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Learning
Life and 21st
Core and ICT
Career Century
Subjects Thinking Literacy
Skills Content
Skills
 Flexibility and Adaptability
 Initiative and Self-Direction
 Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
 Productivity and Accountability
 Leadership
 Ethics and Responsibility
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10. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Learning
Life and 21st
Core and ICT
Career Century
Subjects Thinking Literacy
Skills Content
Skills
 Global Awareness
 Financial
 Economics
 Business and Entrepreneurial literacy
 Civic Literacy
 Health Literacy
 Environmental Awareness
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11. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Learning
Life and 21st
Core and ICT
Career Century
Subjects Thinking Literacy
Skills Content
Skills
 Native Language/  History
Reading
 Mathematics
 World Language (s)
 Science
 Arts
 Government/
 Geography Civics
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12. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Learning
Life and 21st
Core and ICT
Career Century
Subjects Thinking Literacy
Skills Content
Skills
 Critical Thinking
 Problem Solving
 Innovation
 Creativity Skills
 Self Direction
 Collaboration
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13. 21st Century Skills:
What Learners Need to Know
Learning
Life and 21st
Core and ICT
Career Century
Subjects Thinking Literacy
Skills Content
Skills
 Information Literacy
 Communication
 Media Literacy
 Technology Literacy
 Social Networking
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14. Why Are 21st Century Skills
So Important?
 Global competition/ cooperation
 Growth in new information
 Pace of change is growing
 Increased computerization and off-shoring
 Global increase in service jobs
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15. “We are currently preparing students for jobs and
technologies that don’t yet exist… in order to solve
problems that we don’t even know are problems yet.”
“Did you know”, widely circulated YouTube posting
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16. But
Something
Never
Getting
Old
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17. Q&A
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