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Information Literacy Training for IL TrainersUniversitas Pelita Harapan
4 – 6 Februari 2010
21st Century Literacy Skills
Diljit SinghUniversity of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 21st Century
From To
The 21st Century
From To
The 21st Century
• Change has occurred everywhere Business Healthcare Products Services … … …
• Change has come about because of Growth of technology Growth of information
Outline of Presentation
• The 21st century as the information era
• Skills for success in the 21st century
• Developing 21st century skills
The 21st Century as the Information Era
The 21st Century as the Information Era
The 21st Century as the Information Era
• Every 5 years, the total amount of information doubles• Every 2 years, the amount of scientific information
doubles • Every 1 hour, the amount of electronic information
doubles (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007)
The 21st Century as the Information Era
• The English Language now has 1,003,322 words (as at 22 January 2010)
• The English language passed 1,000,000 words on 10 June 2009
• English gains a new word every 98 minutes (or about 14.7 new words a day)
• Some of the new words in the past 10 years Twitter Global warming H1N1 Blog Texting
The English Language WordClock
Skills for Success
• Skills for success in pre-20th century Hunting, Fishing, Farming Manufacturing Home management
• Skills for success in 20th century Reading ] Writing ] Literacy Arithmetic ]
Skills for Success
• Skills for Success in in the 21st Century Basic, Technological, and Information Literacies
Skills to negotiate the complexities of life in today’s society Globalization ‘Wired’ world Multicultural world
In the 21st century, literacy means more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Literacy means communication, logical thinking, creativity, critical reading, persuasive writing, problem solving, …
Skills for Success
• 21st century skills Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills Communication and collaboration skills Creativity and innovation skills Information and communications technology literacy Contextual learning skills Information and media skills
Skills for Success
• 21st century skills Leadership Personal responsibility Ethics People skills Adaptability Self-direction Accountability Social responsibility Personal productivity
Developing 21st Century Skills
• Who is responsible? Policy makers Administrators Community leaders School Principals Teachers Librarians Parents Caregivers and family members … …
Developing 21st Century Skills
20th Century Schools
Industrial Model Time on task Standardization of teaching,
learning and assessment Transmission of knowledge Over-emphasis on control Building learning from the part to
the whole Lack of attention to diversity,
individual differences, socialization, and collaboration
Narrow view of effectiveness and efficiency
21st century Schools
Informational Model Learn at varying speeds Flexible, individualized learning Learning how to learn Flexibility Building learning whole part
whole Diversity, individual differences,
socialization, influence learning Effectiveness and efficiency are
contextual
Developing 21st Century Skills
• Shift from Teacher- Centered to Child-CenteredConstructivist Theory
• Shift from Individualism to CollaborationSocial Learning Theory
• Shift from Skills only to Connecting children to our world
Global Awareness, Civic Literacy, Environmental Literacy, Critical Literacy, Technology and Media Literacy, Financial and Economic Literacy, Information Literacy
Developing 21st Century Skills
CHILD WORLD SCHOOL
EXPERIENCES
Developing 21st Century Skills
The quality of an education system
cannot exceed the quality of its teachers World’s Best Performing School Systems, 2008
Developing 21st Century Skills
But are we ready?
Thank you
diljit@um.edu.my
diljit_singh@hotmail.com
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