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Analysi
s:

Howc
an21Ce
ntur
yski
ll
spr
epa
res
tude
ntst
owor
kfor
cea
ndhi
ghe
reduc
ati
on?

Itca nnotbede niedthatwh ens tudentsa r

ee quippedwi th21s tc enturyskil
ls,it
si sa s
suredthat
theywi llbe succe s
sfulinwha teverc ar
ee rtheywi llpursuei nthe i
rlives.Witht ha ti
nmi nd,
stude ntsa rea bletoc opewi t
ht hede ma ndsine ver-changing21s tsociet
ya sthe ya l
readyhavethe
skill
sne ed edi nordertoa dapttoa nyc hange s.Intermsofwor kforce,st
udentswhoha vema s
ter
y
of21s tce nturys ki
llswi l
lbegr eatempl oye esastheyha vef ir
s tl
yde velopedthe irhabitof
effectivelywor kingwi thdive r
segr oupsori nt eamsint heirsc hool.Asar esultthe ycana l
so
applyt hisint heirfuturework.Al s
o,itc annotbede niedtha tthej obma r
ketdema ndsworkers
whoc anf ollowdi recti
ons,carryoutt askswi thproduc t
ivity,solvepr oblems,thinkc riti
cal
lyand
creative l
y, ma kegoodde cisi
ons ,andwor kerswhoa r
epr ofe s
siona l
.Suc hchara cter
ist
icsare
alreadyma steredbys t
udents;therefore,itwillbee asyfort hemt ode mons t
ratet hedema nds
whi cha r
ede eme dne cessar
yi ntheirwor kplac e
.Indeed,lifes kill
sa renecessaryt obea tt
ai
nedby
learne rs.

I
mpl
ic
ati
on:

Whydoyouthi
nkprof
ess
iona
lde
vel
opme
ntont
eac
hing21s
tCe
ntur
yski
ll
sisne
ede
dby
t
eac
her
sinthef
iel
d?

ProfessionalDevelopme ntont eaching21s tce nturyskill

sa r
ene cessar
yf ora l
lteachers,s
ot hat
theywi llbeupdat
e doft hene we stteac
hings t
ra t
egiestoe f
fecti
ve l
yi mpleme ntthe21s tcentury
curric
ulum,whi chwi ll
allowl earnerstohavema steryofe sse
ntialskil
ls,knowl e
dge ,andva l
ue s
thatarede e
me dne cessaryint her eal
world.Al so,throughprofessionaldevelopme nt,teac
h e
r s
cans ei
zeoppor t
uni ti
esfori ntegrati
ng21s tc enturyskill
s,t
ools,andt eachingstrat
egiesintotheir
classr
oompr act
icea nditwi llhe l
pthemi de ntifywha ta c
ti
viti
e s
theyc anpute mpha sison.La s
tly,
teacherswhounde rgopr ofessi
ona ldevel
opme ntca nd e
veloptheirabili
tiest
ous eva r
ious
str
ategiestoreachdi versestude ntsandcrea teal earningenvironme ntthatsupport
dif
fe r
entiat
edinst
ruc t
ion.

Abs
tra
ct

Prepar
ings t
udentstobec areer
-and-wor kre
adyi sac onc e
rnofeducat
orsands choolsnat
ionwide
.
Twe nt
y-fir
stcenturyskil
lsprepares tudent
st oe nterthe workfor
ce orhi ghereducati
onwi th
t
he a bili
tyt othinkcri
ti
c a
ll
ya ndc re
ativel
y,coll
a boratewit
hothers
,taketheiniti
at
ivewhe n
approachedwithat as
k,a ndusetechnologytoitsfulles
tpotent
ial
.Ifst
udentsarenotl e
arni
ngthe
ski
llsneededfors ucc
ess,itisbecauseeducat
orsands c
hoolsarenotte
achingthem.Whe n
studentspos sesst heseskil
ls,theya reprepa r
edt owor kinte ams,t hinkc riti
c all
ya ndc reat
ivel
y
aboutapr obl em,di splayleade r
shipa nds ocials kil
ls,andc ommuni cateeffec t
ivelywi thother
s.
Thisr esearc hs oughtt oidenti
fys chool-ba s
eda gr icult
uree ducationt eac herspe rceivedknowledge,
impor t
anc e,a nda bil
itytoteachthe se21s tc enturys kill
sint hec las sr
oom.Re sult
ss howe d
thatagri
c ulturet eachersnationwidef ind21s tc enturys ki
llstobei mpor ta nt,butthe yareless
knowl edge a blea ndabletote achthem.Ther es earchc onclude dtha tprof essionalde velopmentis
ne e
de dtoi nc reaset eacher
’sknowl edgeofa nda bili
tyt ot e a
c h21s tc enturys kil
ls.
Professiona lde ve l
opme ntwi l
la ll
ow s c hool-ba sedagri
culturale ducation t eache r
st o gai
n
specifi
ca nd a pplicables trat
egie sfori mpl eme ntat
ion.Wi tht hea pplicati
onof21s t
centurys killsint hes chool-baseda gri
culturale duca t
ionc l
a s
sroom,s t
ude ntswi llbe c
ome bett
er
prepa r
edt oe nterthewor kforceorhi ghe reduc ationupongr adua tinghi ghs chool