Some of the work influencing our practice in Deer River Schools includes:
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a framework that establishes content and skills in the following areas:
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Core subjects and 21st Century Themes
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Learning and Innovation Skills
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Information, Media, and Technology Skills
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Life and Career Skills
The Seven Survival skills identified by Tony Wagner and discussed in his book The Global Achievement Gap. They include:
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Critical thinking and problem solving
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Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
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Agility and adaptability
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Initiative and entrepreneurship
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Effective oral and written communication
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Accessing and analyzing information
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Curiosity and imagination
The Five Cs identified by David Houle in his book Shift Ed
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Creativity
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Collaboration
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Critical Thinking
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Content - create, source, access, reuse, manipulate...
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Context - understanding and using the context that information comes in