21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times

The new building blocks for learning in a complex world

This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills. This book is filled with vignettes, international examples, and classroom samples that help illustrate the framework and provide an exciting view of twenty-first century teaching and learning.

• Explores the three main categories of 21st Century Skills: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills
• Addresses timely issues such as the rapid advance of technology and increased economic competition
• Based on a framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21)

The book contains a DVD with video clips of classroom teaching. For more information on the book visit www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com.

Bernie Trilling is founder of 21st Century Learning Advisors LLC and was global director for the Oracle Education Foundation and the Foundation's board member of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Prior to joining Oracle, Trilling was a director for the Technology in Education group at WestEd.

Charles Fadel is founder and chairman of the Center for Curriculum Redesign curriculumredesign.org, and a visiting scholar at Harvard GSE, MIT ESG and Wharton/Penn CLO. He was global education lead at Cisco Systems and the Cisco board member of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.  Charles and Bernie also co-chaired the Partnership's Standards, Assessment and Professional Development committee.