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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Framework for 21st Century Learning
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a unified, collective vision for 21st century learning that can be used to strengthen American education. The key elements of 21st centry learning are represented in the rainbow graphic
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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a unified, collective vision for 21st century learning that can be used to strengthen American education. The key elements of 21st centry learning are represented in the graphic and descriptions on this page.
- themingway on 2008-03-03
Podcast239: 21st Century Learning: Embedding New Skills and Assessments by Dr. Richard Hersh (COSN 2008 Keynote) » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
podcast by researchers on moving assessment higher up Bloom taxonomy to assess critical thinking skills
Critical thinking in career education: the democratic importance of foundational rationality
JCTE Volume 21, Number 1
critique of purely rational, functional approach to critical thinking.
from conclusion: For critical thinking in career education to achieve its full pedagogical potential, it must encourage students to assume a far greater measure of decision-making power over the policies influencing their occupational lives.
Academic readiness and career/life planning: a collaborative partnership focused on student learning
Susan J. Lindahl, P. Lonjg, r. Arnett. J Career Development 28(4) June 2002. pdf available.
Workforce readiness: competencies and assessment. Google books.
chap 3: Skills for success in maryland: beyond workplace readiness. pp47ff. Discusses implementation of "Skills for Success" (SFS): learning, thinking, communication, technology, and interpersonal skills.
chap 13: A comprehensive performance based system to address work readiness. pp. 327ff. Description of approaches and methods for assessing different career-specific work skills.
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The career development inventory
Donald E. Super. British J Guidance & Counselling 1(2):37-50. July 1973
The Career Development Inventory is an American instrument designed to measure the vocational maturity of adolescents. Its scales assess Planning Orientation, Resources for Exploration, and Information and Decision-Making. It can be used in evaluating guidance programmes, services and activities, though there are a number of obstacles to using the instrument effectively in evaluation studies
Law Magnet Programs. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 15.
ERIC ED402234. Paula A. Nessel. 1996.
information from 24 mostly ur ban magnet schools, representing a spectrum of law magnet program sizes, org structure and settings. Includes case study.
pdf available of scan, but parts are illegible
School to Work: A Recruitment Model for the 21 Century
his paper presents a model for pre-service recruitment of young males and females into the criminal justice system. The model will streamline costs associated with the recruitment process and develop a pool of dedicated and diverse applicants.
Dangerously Irrelevant: Misalignment
comments and link to speech by Harvard's Richard Elmore, on misalignment: disconnects between goals, policy and implementation
Career and technical education pathway programs
ERIC 497342. Career and technical education pathway programs, academic performance, and the transition to college and career
Aligning high school graduation requirements with the real world: a road map for states
ERIC ED499852\nPolicy brief: lessons learned from states implementing higher reqs. Describes how to (1) determine the parameters of the graduation policy; (2) design an accountability system that provides schools with incentives to graduate students college and career ready; (3) plan for successful implementation; (4) build support for the graduation policy.
Building transitions from high school to college and careers for Texas' youth.
ERIC ED498020. High Schools that Work series.\nForum report.
Schooling for Tomorrow - Tools for Futures Thinking
OECD report on future schooling scenarios and futures thinking methodologies
- Pages: 1) The starter pack: future thinking in action; (2) The OECD schooling scenarios; (3) Futures thinking methodologies - options relevant for schooling for tomorrow; (4) the schooling scenarios in brief - themingway on 2008-04-09
- Parts 2, 3 & 4 are available as pdf - themingway on 2008-04-09
Schooling for Tomorrow - The Starterpack: Futures Thinking in Action
(I) Futures thinking in education; (II) Trends and their implication in education; (III) Scenarios for further reflection; (IV) Some tools to shape the future; (V) Futures thinkin in action: some practices and lessons learnt.
Avaliable as pdf
Preparing today's high school studenst for tomorrow's opportunities
ERIC ED 499841.
8-page brochure about the American Diploma Project Network. Through the ADP network, states will (1) make their high school standards, assessments and curriculum more challenging; (2) make them more relevant and engaging by better aligning them with real-world demands, (3) hold high schools and postsecondary insts accountable for improved performance.
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