The term 21st Century Skills refers to a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, even character traits, that are believed — by educators, school reformers, college professors, employers, and others — to be critically important to success in today’s world.*
While the definitions are fluid, the cornerstone is the drive to independently and collaboratively discover, critically process and share complex information and ask imaginative questions leading to novel solutions.
The highly controlled social constructivism afforded by Cooperative Learning facilitates this in a natural way.
Reinventing the wheel? Or just attaching it to a Formula 1 engine?
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** from “The Glossary of Education Reform”
** from wikipedia