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Unlocking a world of potential

Mark Herbert

Core skills for work, life and society

Our young people need to be enabled to:

generate and implement new ideas, solutions and products

use digital tools to enable knowledge discovery, the creation of resources and communication

apply their knowledge to solve real-world problems.

75 million youth are unemployed yet 39% of employers say a lack of skills is the main reason for entry-level vacancies

…….that which is easiest to teach and test is easiest to digitise in the work place

Life long learner

Great communicator

Good team player

Show initiative

Problem solver

CreativeDigitally literate

Leadership skills

The purpose of an education system

• to pass on the received cultural identity and wisdom from one generation to the next

• to prepare students for life and work once they finish education.

Creativity and imagination

Critical thinking and

problem solving

Citizenship

Student leadership

and personal development

Digital literacy

Collaboration and

communication

British Council core skills

Critical thinking & problem solvingPromoting self-directed thinking that produces new and innovative ideas and solves problems; reflecting critically on learning experiences and processes and making effective decisions.

Core skill 1

Fostering effective communication (orally, and in writing); actively listening to others in diverse and multi-lingual environments and understanding verbal and non-verbal communication; developing the ability to work in diverse international teams, including learning from and contributing to the learning of others, assuming shared responsibility, cooperating, leading, delegating and compromising to produce new and innovative ideas and solutions.

Core skill 2

Collaboration & communication

Creativity & imaginationPromoting economic and social entrepreneurialism; imagining and pursuing novel ideas, judging value, developing innovation and curiosity.

Core skill 3

CitizenshipDeveloping active, globally-aware citizens who have the skills, knowledge and motivation to address issues of human and environmental sustainability and work towards a fairer world in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue; developing an understanding of what it means to be a citizen of their own country and their own country’s values.

Core skill 4

Digital literacy Developing the skills to discover, acquire and communicate knowledge and information in a globalised economy; using technology to reinforce, extend and deepen learning through international collaboration.

Core skill 5

Student leadership and personal developmentRecognising the importance of honesty and empathy; recognising others' needs and safety; fostering perseverance, resilience, and self-confidence; exploring leadership, self-regulation and responsibility, personal health and well-being, career and life skills and learning to learn/life-long learning.

Core skill 6

Creativity and imagination

Critical thinking and

problem solving

Citizenship

Student leadership

and personal development

Digital literacy

Collaboration and

communication

British Council core skills

The Youth Unemployment Crisis

New vision of Education

When you could still assume that what you learned in school will last for a lifetime, teaching content and routine cognitive skills was at the centre of education. Today, where you can access content on Google, where routine cognitive skills are being digitised or outsourced, and where jobs are changing rapidly, the focus is on enabling people to become lifelong learners, to manage complex ways of thinking and complex ways of working and to live in a multi-faceted world as active and responsible citizens”

Core skills for work, life and society