What are 21st century skills

What Are 21st-Century Skills?

• Learning to collaborate with others and

• connecting through technology

are essential skills in a knowledge-based economy.

ATC21S started with a group of more than 250 researchers across 60 institutions worldwide who categorized 21st-century skills internationally into four broad categories:

• Creativity• Critical thinking• Problem-solving• Decision-making• Learning

Ways of THINKING

Ways of WORKING

• Communication• Collaboration

• Information and communications technology (ICT)

• Information literacy

Tools for WORKING

• Citizenship• Life and career • Personal responsibility• Social responsibility

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Skills for LIVING IN THE WORLD

Collaborative problem-solving

Working together to solve a common challenge which involves the contribution and exchange of ideas, knowledge or resources to achieve the goal.

Putting Concepts Into Practice

Learning through digital means• social networking, • ICT literacy, • technological awareness and simulation.

Each of these elements enables individuals to function in social networks and contribute to the development of social and intellectual capital.

ICT literacy — learning in digital networks