21st Century skills Flashcards
Refers to how students apply core skills in everyday tasks
Foundational literacies
Needed to develop competencies
Foundational literacies
refers to how we listen, speak, read, write, etc.
literacy
ability to recognize and apply math concepts in all areas of life
numeracy
using evidence/data to evaluate the quality of things
Scientific Literacy
ability to use and adapt to digital devices
ICT Literacy
learning how to be responsible with money
Financial Literacy
staying informed, understanding world events, and exercising our rights
Civic Literacy
understanding traditions, activities, and the history of other cultures via interaction
Cultural Literacy
Refers to how students approach complex challenges
COMPETENCIES
questioning the process and asking if there’s a better way to do things
Critical Thinking
producing new sets of knowledge in developing a product/service
Creativity
enumerate the three competencies
critical thinking
creativity
Communication and collaboration
quality that contribute to the body of knowledge via discovery
curiosity
quality that refers to starting
initiative
quality that pertain to continuing despite the barriers
persistence / grit
quality that makes it easier to adjust to certain stressful and challenging situations
adaptability
quality of knowing when to lead and when to follow
leadership
quality that enables one to take the perspective and empathize with others from diverse backgrounds
social and cultural awareness
refers to a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to mediate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order, and hatred for imposture (Francis Bacon)
critical thinking and problem solving
Creative thinking and innovation
T or F
Companies prefer creative people more than exclusive diploma-holders
T (Generate multiple original Ideas)
Creative thinking and innovation
T or F
You must be inclusive in assessing information
F (discriminative) (Evaluate the quality of ideas and select the best one
Creative thinking and innovation
T or F
old processes can shape ideas into a product
F (improvement on certain process)
Use ingenuity and imagination to go outside conventional boundaries
Creative thinking and innovation
T or F
Taking different perspectives to elaborate and improve ideas are enhanced through isolation
F (enhanced through collaboration)