Are teachers trained to deliver the kind of education needed for the twenty-first century?
Written By: Author(s): Joanne Hill and Simon Spencer
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Vision for the twenty-first century
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Report: New Vision for Education (2015) is based on a detailed analysis of research literature and defines what it considers to be the most crucial skills for twenty-first century citizens worldwide. The WEF states that:
To thrive in a rapidly evolving, technology-mediated world, students must not only possess strong skills in areas such as language, arts, mathematics and science, but they must also be adept at skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, persistence, collaboration and curiosity. All too often, however, students in many countries are not attaining these skills (2015:1).
The WEF notes the existing, and perhaps more familiar, deficit skills in adult standards of literacy and numeracy, but also draws attention to the even more startling figures quoted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Adult Skills’ survey which finds that between only 2.9% and 8.8% of adult
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