HEAG 1202: 21 ST

CENTURY SKILLS
COURSE WEIGHT: 3 CU TYPE: Generic
• Brief Course Description
This course equips students with the 21st century skills like adaptability,
complex communication/ social skills, Non Routine problem solving,
Self-management/ Self-discipline and System thinking. The major aim is
to improve the students’ essential 21st skills so that they can
successfully pursue further studies, and live a productive life in the
community.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to enable a student to:
• Describe the essential 21st Century skills
• Discuss the multiple literacies in 21st Century
• Compare the 20th century and 21st century learner, classroom and
school.
• Think systematically
• Communicate effectively to express their ideas inside and outside
classroom.
• Collaborate with fellow students and community.
• Solve problems using the 21st skills gained.
Course Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course a student should be able to:
• Cope with uncertain, new and rapidly-changing conditions in studies and
job, including responding to emergency or situation crisis, and learning
new tasks, technology and procedures.
• Process and interpret both verbal and non-verbal information to
respond appropriately
• Solve problems by creatively generating new and innovative solutions.
• Work successfully in teams and individually.
• Acquire new information and skills willingly
 Detailed Course Description and Outline
Topic Content
 Communication and collaboration: Adaptability, Complex 
communications/ social skills
 Problem solving: Non-routine problem solving.
 Critical thinking: System thinking
The essential 21 Century skills
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 Creativity and imagination/ innovation
 Self-management / self-development
 7-R’s: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Rights,
Multiple literacy of the 21st Century Responsibilities, Research and Recreation
 Characteristics of the 21st Century learner, classroom 
The 20 and 21 century learner, classroom and school
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and school; including their communication and reasoning
ability
Leaning experience
Engage students in various activities to develop/assess
their life skills, e.g.
 Use a problem to solve to develop/ assess problem
solving skills
 Use role plays to develop skills like complex
communication, creativity, and social skills
 Use group assignments to develop their communication
and collaboration skills
 Engage students in activities to develop their reading,
writing, arithmetic, rights, responsibilities, research and
recreation
Exploring the 20th and 21st Century learner, classroom
and school.
• Materials / Equipment Needed
Whiteboard and Markers, Flip Charts, LCD Projectors and CDs, DVDs
Mode of assessment
• Assignment: 20%
• Tests 10%
• Practical 20%
• Final Examination 50%
• Facilitator:
• Komakech Walter.