Accountability, skills for

Adaptability, skills for

Agrarian Age

American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

Assessments: progress being made in ; as support system in P21 learning framework

Authentic learning

Automobile industry

Bacterial Transformation Lab: described ; Project Learning Bicycle model followed by; video of

Boyer, E.

Brown. B.

Career skills. See Life and career skills

Cator, K.

Center for Media Literacy

Change: exercise on, and future of education ; in role of education . See also Forces of change

Chien, A.

Children, number enrolled in schools

Chinese Ministry of Education, visit to American school by

Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt University (CTGV)

Collaboration skills

Collaborative inquiry, obstacles to

Collaborative small-group learning

College Work and Readiness Assessment (CWRA)

Communication skills

Content: current research on mastery of; progress in standards on ; teaching skills vs.

Coordination of support systems

Creative Whack Pack Creativity Cards

Creativity: Chinese desire for curriculum to teach; education as stifling ; skills for; through learning projects

Critical thinking skills

Cross-cultural interaction, skills for

Curriculum: progress being made in ; as support system in P21 learning framework; to teach creativity and innovation

Darling-Hammond.

Design process, IDEO

Design-based learning (design): defined ; examples of; obstacles to . See also Engineering design method

Developed countries, creative work in

Developing countries, routine work in

Diamond, J.

Digital devices: digital lifestyle based on ; as thinking tools

Digital lifestyles, as force shaping 21st century learning

Digital literacy skills; and 7C skills; fable about; for ICT literacy; for information literacy; for media literacy; online resources on

Digital natives. See Net geners

Diversity, skills to deal with

Drucker, P.

DVD: how to use; video case studies on

Edison, T.

Education: changed role of; creativity stifled by; declared fundamental right of children; examples of 21st century, throughout globe; exercise on future of; forces resisting change in; impact on income; importance of, in 21st century; as prerequisite for knowledge work ; role in 21st century; role in quality of life; work skills not taught by. See also Schools; 21st century education system initiatives

Educational goals: in Agrarian Age ; in Industrial Age; in Knowledge Age; universal

Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR)

Einstein, A.

Engineering design method: problems as basis of; scientific experimental method vs.. See also Design-based learning (design)

Expertise: education for developing ; on expertise; as link in Knowledge Age value chain

FIRST Robotics contests

Flexibility: skills for; in use of time

Forbes, S.

Forces of change: resisting new model of 21st century learning; shaping 21st century learning model ; shaping automobile industry jobs

Formative assessments

Four Questions exercise

Friedman, T. L.

Fuller, B.

Funding, for 21st century education system initiatives

Gandhi.

Hall, M.

Hoffer, E.

ICT literacy

IDEO, design process of

Income, education’s impact on

Industrial Age: educational goals in ; shift from, to Knowledge Age ; value chain for

Information literacy

Initiative, skills for

Innovation: Chinese desire for curriculum to teach; skills for. See also Learning and innovation skills

Innovation Age: Knowledge Age being replaced by; project learning to prepare for

Inquiry-based learning (inquiry): defined; obstacles to. See also Scientific experimental method

Instructional methods: progress being made in; shifting, toward 21st century learning model; as support system in P21 learning framework ; tools to support

Intel Teach program

Intelligences, multiple

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Jobs: automobile industry; lifetime total of; skills required for 21st century. See also Work

Kay, A.

Kelley, T.

Kennedy, J. F.

Knowledge Age: educational goals in ; Innovation Age replacing ; shift from Industrial Age to ; value chain for

Knowledge work: education as prerequisite for; as force shaping 21st century learning; increase in; skills required for

Knowledge-and-Skills Rainbow

Leadership: as principle for 21st century education system initiatives; progress being made in; skills for

Learning: authentic; changed role of; current global environment for; exercise on future of ; fable about Internet’s influence on; formula for, in 21st century; social; taxonomy for; tools to support ; whole

Learning and innovation skills; and 7C skills; communication and collaboration as; creativity and innovation as; critical thinking and problem solving as ; importance of; online resources for

Learning communities

Learning environments: progress being made in; as support system in P21 learning framework

Learning framework. See P21 learning framework

Learning methods: based on problems ; based on questions ; collaborative small-group ; research on effectiveness of; shifting, toward 21st century learning model; tools to support. See also Learning projects

Learning model. See 21st century learning model

Learning projects: characteristics of effective; compared to other learning methods; creativity through; obstacles to; productivity and accountability skills developed by; Project Learning Bicycle as model for; research on effectiveness of; resources on; teacher’s reflections on. See also Bacterial Transformation Lab; SARS Project

Learning research, as force shaping 21st century learning

Learning societies

Librarians Life and career skills; and 7C skills; for flexibility and adaptability; for initiative and self-direction; for leadership and responsibility; online resources on; as performance evaluation criteria ; for productivity and accountability ; for social and cross-cultural interaction

Ling, T. L.

Literacy rate, economic impact of

Maslow, A.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), introductory physics class format

Media literacy

Mental model building

Models: mental; Project Learning Bicycle; studio, of work . See also 21st century learning model

Motivation: internal; problems as ; questions as

Multiple intelligences

Napa New Tech High School, Chinese officials’ visit to,

Net geners: digital lifestyle of; global learning network being created by; technology used for learning by

New Tech Foundation

Obama, B.

Online resources: academy programs ; on digital literacy skills; on learning and innovation skills ; on life and career skills; Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21); “Route 21,” ; video case studies

Oracle Education Foundation: Project Learning Institute; teacher development program; Web site

P21 learning framework: diagram of; history of development of; Knowledge-and-Skills Rainbow of ; support systems in. See also Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21)

Paine, S.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) ; consensus-building activity from; described; digital literacy skills described by ; learning and innovation skills described by; life and career skills described by; members of; purpose of ; resources from; Web site ; work of. See also P21 learning framework

Pearlman, B.

Performance evaluation, life and career skills as criteria in

Policy, official, as principle for 21st century education system initiatives

Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding (Darling-Hammond et al.)

Problem solving skills

Problem-based learning

Problems: as basis of engineering design method; humans’ power to solve ; learning methods based on ; as motivators. See also Learning projects

Productivity, skills for

Professional development, teacher: examples of programs for; as principle for 21st century education system initiatives; progress being made in; as support system in P21 learning framework

Project learning. See Learning projects

Project Learning Bicycle model: Bacterial Transformation Lab as following ; overview of

Projects. See Learning projects

Quality of life, education’s role in

Questions: as basis of scientific experimental method; learning method based on; as motivators; power of

Resnick.

Resnick.

Responsibility, skills for

Reynolds, P.

Riley, R.

Robinson, K.

“Route 21” resources

SARS Project: communication and collaboration skills used in; creativity and innovation skills used in; critical thinking and problem solving skills used in; described; as example of design-based learning; flexibility and adaptability skills used in; information literacy skills used in; initiative and self-direction skills used in; leadership and responsibility skills used in; social and cross-cultural skills used in

School of the Future (New York City)

Schools: changes in, to support 21st century learning; number of children enrolled in; U.S. vs. Chinese, xx. See also Education

Scientific experimental method: engineering design method vs.; questions as basis of. See also Inquiry-based learning (inquiry)

Self-direction, skills for

Singapore, “Teach Less, Learn More” initiative

Skills: and 21st Century Knowledge-and-Skills Rainbow; lacking in graduates of education facilities ; required for 21st century jobs ; STEAM; STEM . See also 21st century skills

Slavin, R.

Social interaction, skills for

Social learning

Standards: progress being made in; as support system in P21 learning framework

STEAM skills

STEM skills/subjects

Studio model

Summative assessments

Support systems; assessments as; coordination of; curriculum and instruction as; learning environments as; online resources on; P21 approach to; standards as; systems diagram of; teacher professional development as

Taxonomy for learning

Teachers, professional development of

Teaching methods. See Instructional methods

Technology: assessments based on ; digital lifestyle based on; examples of schools throughout world utilizing; to personalize learning; as principle for 21st century education system initiatives; progress being made in, to aid learning; supporting shift to 21st century learning model ; as thinking tool. See also ICT literacy

Testing. See Assessments

Thinking tools, as force shaping 21st century learning

ThinkQuest Web site competition . See also SARS Project

Toffler, A.

21st century: challenges of; formula for learning in; importance of education in role of education in

21st century education system initiatives: principles shared by; tools needed to support. See also West Virginia’s 21st Century Learning initiative

21st century learning framework. See P21 learning framework

21st century learning model: forces converging to shape; forces resisting shift to; future of; Project Learning Bicycle as; shifting teaching and learning practices toward

21st century skills: digital literacy skills as; examples of schools throughout world teaching ; learning and innovation skills as; life and career skills as ; SARS Project as example of developingCs of; used in Bacterial Transformation Lab ; video case studies of

United Kingdom, “Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning 2008-14,”

United Nations: declared education fundamental right of children ; Model UN program; UNESCO’s efforts for ICT literacy

Universal Design for Learning

Value chains, Knowledge vs. Industrial Age

Vision, as principle for 21st century education system initiatives

von Oech, R.

Web sites: competitions to create. See also Online resources

West Virginia’s 21st Century Learning initiative: assessments in; goals of; redesigned standards of; teacher professional development effort of

Whole learning

Work: routine vs. creative; studio model of. See also Jobs; Knowledge work

Work skills. See Life and career skills