THE 21 CENTURY

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LITERACIES AND
SKILLS
INTRODUCTION
The term “ 21st century literacies and skills”
is generally used to refer to certain core
competencies such as collaboration, digital
literacy, critical thinking and problem
solving that advocates believe schools need
to teach to help students thrive in today’s
world.
 DISCUSSION
The 21st century literacies and skills:
The concept of 21st century litetracies and skills”
isn’t new skills like critical thinking.
Collaboration and problem solving have been
taught in classroom for decades. 21st century
literacies and skills refer to the knowledge, life
skills, career skills , habits and traits that are
critically important to students success in
today’s world.
 Particularly as students move on to college, the
workforce and adult life. Literacy in 21st century is
about constructing and validating knowledge.
Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all
kinds of information , displacing traditional formats
of usually more carefully curated information such
as encyclopaedias and newspaper. Districts, schools
and organizations prioritize different 21st century
skills depending on what is most important to their
respective communities
The importance of 21st century literacies and skills
effective use of digital literacy skills also play a
major role in nonverbal communication. Long
distance communication via text message or
instant can often have messages that are passed

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