21 st Century Knowledge and Skills: Reinventing the School Experience Bob Pearlman [email protected] [email protected].

21st Century Knowledge and Skills:

Reinventing the School Experience

Bob Pearlman [email protected]

http://www.bobpearlman.org

Schools’ Design Conference

Department of Education Northern Ireland

November 18, 2003

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Released

Monday,

July 7,

At NECC

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

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•Changing Reality

•Changing Skills

•Design Criteria

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Changing Reality

Will your Region circa 2030 be vastly different from today?

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Fall, 2000 – The Dot.Com bust

Spring, 2001 – The Technology and Telecommunications sectors go bust

Fall, 2001 to present – The Blue Chips drop 50%

The First Recession of the New Millennium

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What region or regions will be best poised to grow during the next recovery?

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Internet Cluster Regions – U.S.Boston

“Route 128”Boston

“Route 128”

New York —“Silicon Alley”New York —

“Silicon Alley”

Washington, D.C. “Silicon Dominion”Washington, D.C.

“Silicon Dominion”

Austin — “Silicon Hills”

Austin — “Silicon Hills”

Seattle —“Silicon Forest”

Seattle —“Silicon Forest”

ResearchTriangle

“Silicon Triangle”

ResearchTriangle

“Silicon Triangle”

Chicago“Silicon City”

Chicago“Silicon City”

Miami“Silicon Beach”

Miami“Silicon Beach”

Atlanta“Capital of the

New South”

Atlanta“Capital of the

New South”

Los Angeles “Digital Coast”Los Angeles

“Digital Coast”

San Francisco“Multimedia

Gulch”

San Francisco“Multimedia

Gulch”

Silicon ValleySilicon Valley

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Global Internet Cluster Regions

Japan“Bit Valley”

Canada“Silicon Valley North”

United Kingdom“Silicon Kingdom”

Scandinavia“Wireless Valley”

Germany“Silicon Saxony”

France“Telecom Valley”

Israel“Silicon wadi”

China/Hong Kong“Cyber Port”

India

Singapore“Intelligent Island”

United States

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Silicon Valley, 2000Silicon Valley, 2000

40% of workforce

in 7 high-tech clusters

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VALLEY OF HEART’S DELIGHT

Silicon Valley, 1970

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1992-2001:

The longest expansion in US History

•H1-B visas

•The rise of Bangalore

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Concession operator at an amusement park

Czech students pose at a fast food restaurant in Fremont, Ohio

USA Work and Travel Programs

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TEC, Monterrey, Mexico

90,000 students in higher education learning technical and 21st Century Skills

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So what do kids need to know and be able to do?

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SCANS Workplace Know-How (1991)Competencies – effective workers can productively use:

•Resources -- identifying, organizing, planning, and allocating time, money, materials, and workers;

•Interpersonal Skills -- negotiating, exercising leadership, working with diversity, teaching others new skills, serving clients and customers, and participating as a team member;

•Information Skills -- using computers to process information and acquiring and evaluating, organizing and maintaining, and interpreting and communicating information;

•Systems Skills -- understanding systems, monitoring and correcting system performance, and improving and designing systems; and

•Technology utilization skills -- selecting technology, applying technology to a task, and maintaining and troubleshooting technology.

Source: What Work Requires of School, 1991, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor

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SCANS Workplace Know-How (1991)The Foundation – competence requires:

•Basic Skills -- reading, writing, speaking, listening, and knowing arithmetic and mathematical concepts;

•Thinking Skills -- reasoning, making decisions, thinking creatively, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, and knowing how to learn; and

•Personal Qualities -- responsibility, self-esteem, sociability,

self-management, integrity, and honesty.

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Written for NCREL by Cheryl Lemke, Metiri Group

Sources: What Work Requires of School, 1991, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor A Nation of Opportunity: Building America's 21st Century Workforce, 2000, 21st Century Workforce Commission, U.S. Congress Preparing Students for the 21st Century, 1996, American Association of School Administrators

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Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

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Working in the Real World (i.e. California?)

•Projects, projects, projects

•Teamwork and collaboration

•Self-direction

•Interpersonal skills and Networking

•No one asks about your formal education

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Released

Monday, July 7,

At the National Educational Computing Conference

www.21stcenturyskills.org

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