Development and adoption of project
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Cisco, Intel, Microsoft joint
contribution to improve education
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Aim to improve 21st century skills
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Joint company taskforce – 9 members
Dr Robert Kozma as consultant
Define them clearly
Make them measurable
Connect with the classroom
Cisco, Intel Microsoft now supporting
an international team
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org
Development and adoption of project
PROJECT RATIONALE
 Major Changes in the Economy
and Work
 Major Changes in Society and
Everyday Life
 Little Change in Education
 The Need to Transform
Assessment
“Current assessments reflect typical pedagogical
and assessment practices found in classrooms
but they are also a key determiner of what
students learn in classrooms and how that is
taught. Consequently, assessment reform is key
to the transformation of the educational system as
a whole.”
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org
Assessment in 21st Century
Existing models of assessment are typically at odds with the
skills, knowledge, attitudes and characteristics of self-directed
and collaborative learning that are increasingly important for our
global economy and fast changing world.
New assessments are needed that measure these skills and
provide information that is needed by students, teachers,
parents, administrators, and policymakers to catalyze and
support systemic education reform.
These assessments should engage students in the use of
technology and digital resources and the application of a deep
understanding of subject knowledge to solve complex, real
world tasks and create new ideas, content, and knowledge.
Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Education Taskforce
Transforming Education:
Assessing and Teaching the Skills Needed in the 21st
Century
A Call to Action
Engagement of countries and other companies
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Founder Countries
 Australia, Finland, Portugal, Singapore, UK, USA
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Other countries can join
 Collaborative electronic space
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Other companies can fund work
 If it fits the project’s program
 If the company has relevant expertise
 If the company agrees that
all results will be in the public domain, as
Cisco, Intel and Microsoft have.
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org
White papers developed in 2009 by working groups
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Defining 21st Century Skills
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Methodological Issues
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Dr Beno Csapo, University of Szeged, Hungary
Classrooms and Formative Evaluation.
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Dr Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley
Technological Issues
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Ms Senta Raizen, WestEd
Dr John Bransford, University of Washington
Dr Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto
Policy Frameworks for New Assessments
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Dr Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org
Defining 21st Century Skills
Country/ Region
Document(s)
European Union
Key Competencies for Lifelong Learning – A European Reference
Framework, November 2004
Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning.
Implementation of “Education and Training 2010” Work
Programme.
SOURCE: ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/.../lllearning/keycomp_en.pdf
European Union
New Millennium Learners Project: Challenging our Views on ICT
and Learning
SOURCE:http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3343,en_2649_35845
581_38358154_1_1_1_1,00.html
USA (Partnership
for 21st Century
Skills)
P21 Framework Definitions
P21 Framework Flyer
SOURCE:http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/p21_frame
work_definitions_052909.pdf
Defining 21st Century Skills
Japan
Center for Research on Educational Testing (CRET)
Australia
Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians
SOURCE:http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declar
ation_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdf
Scotland
A Curriculum for Excellence – the Four Capabilities
SOURCE:http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence/index.asp
England
The Learning Journey
England
Personal Learning & Thinking Skills – The National Curriculum for England
SOURCE:http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/uploads/Personal,%20learning%20a
nd%20thinking%20skills%20leaflet_tcm8-12831.pdf
Defining 21st Century Skills
Northern Ireland
Assessing the cross curricular skills
SOURCE:http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/key_stage_3/assessment_and_
reporting/cross_curricular_skills.asp
ISTE
National Educational Technology Standards for Students, Second Edition,
Global Learning in the Digital Age
USA. National
Academies, science
for the 21st Century
Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and the Development of
21st Century Skills
USA, Department of
Labor
Competency Models:
A Review of the Literature and
The Role of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA),
Michelle R. Ennis
Defining 21st Century Skills
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Conceptual structure
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Ways of thinking
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Ways of working
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Communication
Collaboration (teamwork)
Tools for working
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Creativity and innovation
Critical thinking, problem solving
Learning to learn, metacognition
Information literacy
ICT literacy
Living in the world
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Citizenship – local and global
Life and career
Personal, social responsibility
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org
A framework for 21st century skills
Assessments signal priorities for curriculum and
instruction
Teachers model the pedagogical approach
Curriculum developers respond
Schools and teachers tend to focus on what is tested
rather than underlying standards or learning
goals
May encourage a one-time performance orientation
and transmission-type teaching
Instructional/teaching time is diverted to specific test
preparation activities
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org
www.atc21s.org
ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org