The Partnership for 21st Century Skills – Framework for 21st Century Learning – Annotated

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• 21ST CENTURY STUDENT OUTCOMES:
  

  The elements described in this section as “21st century student outcomes” (represented by the rainbow) are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.

  1. Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
  

  2. Learning and Innovation Skills 

  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Communication and Collaboration

  3. Information, Media and Technology Skills

  • Information Literacy
  • Media Literacy
  • ICT Literacy

  4. Life and Career Skills 

Successful Teaching: The “Assembly Line” Classroom

A great post that ties in with the book I was reading for my EP7040: Planning in Education & Health Services class called Influencer. It had a number of parallels to chapter 9, Change the Environment.

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• I began to think of the assembly lines our students go through. In each grade, we put another little part on our students and move them on their way the next year. Each year we add more pieces until we think they are completely “built” at the end of 12th grade
• The education system expects that all students are made the same way and need the same parts, which are all added the same way. Then it hopes to get the same exact product at the end of 12 years. It doesn’t work that way! Our classrooms should not just be assembly lines. We should be looking at the whole student and not just the parts.
• I also saw that office work stations were right there next to the plane. The tour guide told me that all of the people involved with that project worked right there instead of going back to far away offices. Then if there was a concern, it was easy to go up to that person and say, “hey, I need for us to look at this” and they both could walk right up to the plane and check it out.

Amazon.com: Influencer: The Power to Change Anything: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: Books

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Amazon.com: Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner: Books

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Amazon.com: The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management: Stephen Haines: Books

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Amazon.com: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness: Stephen R. Covey: Books

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Amazon.com: Hot, Flat, and Crowded (Why We Need A Green Revolution – And How It Can Renew America): Thomas L. Friedman: Books

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Turn that org chart upside-down! | Information Wants To Be Free

In the post, Swartz also talks about learning about your employees (what motivates them, what their strengths/weaknesses are), delegating responsibilities, prioritizing, and offering feedback. There’s a lot of really great insight in this post (which is more like an instruction manual than a simple blog post), so if you’re a manager or an aspiring manager, it’s definitely worth reading.

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• Instead of the standard “org chart” with a CEO at the top and employees growing down like roots, turn the whole thing upside down. Employees are at the top — they’re the ones who actually get stuff done — and managers are underneath them, helping them to be more effective.

Paradox of success: the Stockdale Paradox — Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

“This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

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Amazon.com: The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield: John McPhee: Books

Recommended by my professor, he wanted us to focus on where Frank Boyden placed his desk. Think accessibility, communication and removing barriers.

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