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

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Appendix A 21st Century Skills and Competencies Included in the OECD Survey 1.Creativity/innovation 2.Critical thinking 3.Problem solving 4.Decision making 5.Communication 6.Collaboration 7.Information literacy 8.Research and inquiry 9.Media literacy 10.Digital citizenship 11.Information and communications technology operations and concepts 12.Flexibility and adaptability 13.Initiative and self-direction 14.Productivity 15.Leadership and responsibility 16.Other (please specify) SOURCE: Adapted from Ananiadou and Claro (2009). 219

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Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R14

Summary 1-14

1 Introduction 15-20

2 A Preliminary Classification of Skills and Abilities 21-36

3 Importance of Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills 37-68

4 Perspectives on Deeper Learning 69-100

5 Deeper Learning of English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science 101-142

6 Teaching and Assessing for Transfer 143-184

7 Systems to Support Deeper Learning 185-194

References 195-218

Appendix A: 21st Century Skills and Competencies Included in the OECD Survey 219-220

Appendix B: Reports on 21st Century Skills Used in Aligning and Clustering Competencies 221-224

Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 225-230

Index 231-242