According to Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2011) the following skills are seen as 21st Century skills:
· Global awareness to protect the earth.
· Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy to be able to cope in the big wide world, where jobs are scarce.
· Civic literacy to have a good understanding of what is going on around the learners.
· Health and wellness awareness. As health illnesses are on the increase learners need to be made aware of them and the symptoms and consequences thereof.
· Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills to deal with all the different issues of today.
· Communication skills to be able to communicate through any means to anyone, anywhere.
· Creativity and innovation to stand out from the rest and to be different.
· Collaboration skills to be able to work as a group and not individually.
· Contextual learning skills to learn how to learn.
· ICT literacy to be able to make use of the latest technology, to make the most of learning.
· Leadership to have initiative, to not only be followers.
· Ethics to deal with what is right and wrong especially in the 21st century.
· Accountability to be responsible for your own actions.
· Adaptability to adapt and be flexible to any situation that a learner faces.
· Personal Productivity to make the most of one’s life to be a success.
· Personal Responsibility to have responsibility for all your actions.
· People Skills to deal with people you come into contact with.
· Self Direction to know where you going and what you doing with your life.
· Social Responsibility to protect the world we living in, not only for our future but the future of others as well.
Answered by Hailey
Financial and economic litery is exately what we need in the 21st century especially in developing countries.If we can have these skills and know how to utilise them, then anything will be achieved even the Millennum development goals...(Refilwe Modise)
ReplyDeleteHow is the person who does not have computer skills going to understand the ICT, What is ICT?
ReplyDeleteI think the skills listed pretty much cover everything that is really necessary for people to cope with the demands of the 21st Century. The sad truth though, is that South Africa is not anywhere near getting the majority of our population to this level where everyone has these skills, and without these skills, we are getting further and further away from ever becoming a First-world country.
ReplyDeleteICT is anything that has to do with computer skills. That is the thing about the 21st Century those who do not have the necessary ICT skills are going to be left behind in the 21st century.
ReplyDeleteHailey Purdon
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The skills listed above are essential to enabling function and purpose in the 21st century. ICT, financial and economic literacy will form the cornerstone of the ever-increasing complexities of the world we currently face and understanding of these issues is paramount to being able to survive in the global community. 21100439
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