21st Century Skills are an important part of today's education. Before this module, whenever I heard the term "21st Century Skills" I immediately thought about technology. While that was not wrong of me to think, 21st Century skills are so much more than that! 21st Century skills are what my generation, and future generations, are going to rely on for survival in this new and ever changing world around us. No longer is email, typing, and other technology and media based skills left for only the professionals. They are becoming skills that very citizen in this digital world needs to have in order to survive. In this module I learned that research and studies are being done about the preparedness of high school and college graduates for the work force, and that even people who graduate from college still have big deficiencies in the work place. They lack in things such as professionalism, written communication, and leadership. I had heard about P21, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, in previous classes but I really didn't know that much about it. In this module I learned that P12 is an organization of businesses, education nonprofits, and foundations that are dedicated to teaching students and teachers these new skills and help them to better succeed in the 21 Century.
Being in education is about being a lifelong learner and that is exactly what P21 is all about. It is important to realize that times are changing, the way students learn is changing, and the way we should be teaching is changing. I hope to be a teacher that is willing to make the necessary changes to better prepare my students for the future ahead of them.
Being in education is about being a lifelong learner and that is exactly what P21 is all about. It is important to realize that times are changing, the way students learn is changing, and the way we should be teaching is changing. I hope to be a teacher that is willing to make the necessary changes to better prepare my students for the future ahead of them.