{"id":200,"date":"2020-05-31T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/?p=200"},"modified":"2020-05-31T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T17:24:47","slug":"teaching-21st-century-skills-in-20th-century-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0154\/teaching-21st-century-skills-in-20th-century-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching 21st Century Skills in 20th Century Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching 21st Century Skills in 20th Century Schools<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

by\u00a0 Joubert, J. -P., & Koval, D.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In discussing how digital learning impacted teaching 21st Century skills in 20th Century schools, we first need to define 20th Century Schools. While the original source website seems to be business-focused, the breakdown does seem to be sound in describing the typical 20th Century classroom. In particular, a 20th Century school is restricted to the four walls of the classroom, is concerned with passive learning through memorization of discrete facts, facilitated by a teacher who is both judge and the provider of information (21st Century Schools, n.d.). In addition, work was often done in isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, Budhai and Taddei minimally define 21st Century Skills as being \u201cthe 4Cs\u2014critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.\u201d (2015, para. 1) While other definitions exist, such as Stauffer\u2019s far more comprehensive list (2020), for the sake of brevity we have held to Budhai and Taddei\u2019s definition.<\/span><\/p>\n

To this end, we have found that digital learning impacted the teaching of 21st Century Skills in 20th Century Schools in the following ways:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Critical Thinking<\/span><\/p>\n