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Backers of '21st-Century Skills' Take Flak

There this a debate going on concerning 21^st-Century Skills teaching methods.

 

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/03/04/23pushback_ep.h28.html?tmp=1625104813

 

Here’s what I find interesting, the opponents are making this learning/teaching method into an “either/or” versus “and/both” thinking solution set. One of the keys in the discussion from my point of view is helping the teachers prepare themselves for 21^st-Century Skills teaching methods for the classroom. This different approach is not being accepted since it has more systemic changes to the process of learning. I find it interesting the opponents attack this approach but they have little to offer on how to improve our educational system. Another thing I like about the 21^st-Centruy Skills method it is more student focused versus teacher focused.

 

Keep advancing this program in our schools system as I believe it will pay-off big time in the years ahead.

 

Mark