Two More Black Eyes for 21st Century Skills

Updated 3 months ago

Source: http://blog.coreknowledge.org/

“I am trying NOT to write off the 21st century skills movement as a sham, but its leaders don’t make it easy,” writes the Washington Post’s Jay Mathews this morning on his Class Struggle blog. 

Mathew raises a skeptical eyebrow at a new book by Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel, 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in [...]

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Dee 3 months, 1 week ago on Wordpress

I live in the tech world myself but come from the backwoods of Kentucky. The gap between those two lifestyles is not measurable by books or tests. Projects and progressives are words that don’t have meaning when everyday is filled with just getting to tomorrow alive. I see the same thing in the troubled neighborhoods of my metro city. The worried brows on the children trying to figure out solutions ... See all content

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Ben F 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

As Matthews points out, the project method has been around for many decades. Where is the evidence that it’s been a smashing success? In my experience, students do not necessarily find projects more fun and engaging than a good lecture, and the amount they seem to learn from them usually disappoints me.

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Crimson Wife 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

I haven’t read the book but I suspect that Trilling and Fadel are thinking about the kind of education they wish they had received themselves and the kind they would want for their own children. I live near Silicon Valley and it’s very easy for highly educated, affluent white collar professionals out here to live in a “bubble” full of folks just like them. I didn’t even ... See all content

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