Development and adoption of project

Cisco, Intel, Microsoft joint

contribution to improve education

Aim to improve 21st century skills

Joint company taskforce 9 members

Dr Robert Kozma as consultant
Define them clearly
Make them measurable
Connect with the classroom

Cisco, Intel Microsoft now supporting

an international team

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Development and adoption of project

PROJECT RATIONALE
Major Changes in the Economy
and Work
Major Changes in Society and
Everyday Life
Little Change in Education
The Need to Transform
Assessment
Current assessments reflect typical pedagogical
and assessment practices found in classrooms
but they are also a key determiner of what
students learn in classrooms and how that is
taught. Consequently, assessment reform is key
to the transformation of the educational system as
a whole.
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Assessment in 21st Century

Existing models of assessment are typically at odds with the
skills, knowledge, attitudes and characteristics of self-directed
and collaborative learning that are increasingly important for our
global economy and fast changing world.
New assessments are needed that measure these skills and
provide information that is needed by students, teachers,
parents, administrators, and policymakers to catalyze and
support systemic education reform.
These assessments should engage students in the use of
technology and digital resources and the application of a deep
understanding of subject knowledge to solve complex, real
world tasks and create new ideas, content, and knowledge .
Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Education Taskforce
Transforming Education:
Assessing and Teaching the Skills Needed in the 21st
Century
A Call to Action

Engagement of countries and other companies

Founder Countries
Australia, Finland, Portugal, Singapore, UK, USA

Other countries can join

Collaborative electronic space

Other companies can fund work

If it fits the projects program
If the company has relevant expertise
If the company agrees that
all results will be in the public domain, as
Cisco, Intel and Microsoft have.

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White papers developed in 2009 by working groups

Defining 21st Century Skills

Methodological Issues

Dr Beno Csapo, University of Szeged, Hungary

Classrooms and Formative Evaluation.

Dr Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley

Technological Issues

Ms Senta Raizen, WestEd

Dr John Bransford, University of Washington

Dr Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto

Policy Frameworks for New Assessments

Dr Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University

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Defining 21st Century Skills

Country/ Region

Document(s)

European Union

Key Competencies for Lifelong Learning A European Reference

Framework, November 2004
Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning.
Implementation of Education and Training 2010 Work
Programme.
SOURCE: ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/.../lllearning/keycomp_en.pdf

European Union

New Millennium Learners Project: Challenging our Views on ICT

and Learning
SOURCE:http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3343,en_2649_35845
581_38358154_1_1_1_1,00.html

USA (Partnership
for 21st Century
Skills)

P21 Framework Definitions

P21 Framework Flyer
SOURCE:http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/p21_frame
work_definitions_052909.pdf

Defining 21st Century Skills

Japan

Center for Research on Educational Testing (CRET)

Australia

Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians

SOURCE:http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declar
ation_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdf

Scotland

A Curriculum for Excellence the Four Capabilities

SOURCE:http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence/index.asp

England

The Learning Journey

England

Personal Learning & Thinking Skills The National

Curriculum for England
SOURCE:http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/uploads/Personal,%20learning
%20and%20thinking%20skills%20leaflet_tcm8-12831.pdf

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Northern Ireland

Assessing the cross curricular skills

SOURCE:http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/key_stage_3/assessment_and_
reporting/cross_curricular_skills.asp

ISTE

National Educational Technology Standards for Students, Second

Edition, Global Learning in the Digital Age

USA. National
Academies, science
for the 21st Century

Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and the Development of

21st Century Skills

USA, Department of
Labor

Competency Models:
A Review of the Literature and
The Role of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA),
Michelle R. Ennis

Defining 21st Century Skills

Conceptual structure

Ways of thinking

Ways of working

Communication
Collaboration (teamwork)

Tools for working

Creativity and innovation

Critical thinking, problem solving
Learning to learn, metacognition

Information literacy
ICT literacy

Living in the world

Citizenship local and global

Life and career
Personal, social responsibility
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A framework for 21st century skills

Assessments signal priorities for curriculum and
instruction
Teachers model the pedagogical approach
Curriculum developers respond
Schools and teachers tend to focus on what is tested
rather than underlying standards or learning
goals
May encourage a one-time performance orientation
and transmission-type teaching
Instructional/teaching time is diverted to specific test
preparation activities
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