Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century

This presentation is provided by the National Academy of Sciences and discusses a report resulting from the Committee on Defining Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills. This committee was charged with the following tasks:Define the set of key skills referred to as "deeper learning," "21st century skills," and by other labelsDescribe how the skills related to each other and to the learning of reading, mathematics, and science and engineeringReview research on their importance for positive adult outcomesDiscuss how to teach and assess themIdentify features of interventions that develop themThis presentation includes the following slide topics: Committee charge; Study Sponsors; Committee; Terminology: Deeper learning, 21st Century competencies, Domains of Competence, Intertwined Competencies, Evidence of importance, and Evidence of Importance for Skilled Technical Jobs; Conclusions: Teaching for transfer, Transfer is supported when Learners, and To design instruction for transfer; and Challenges and Recommendations: Assessment challenges, Recommendations,and Instructional challenges