Skills For the 21st Century

Granted, it’s said that the majority of jobs available in 20 years are virtually unknown today, but can we still prepare our children sufficiently? I found this list of skills on a website that had some shortcomings, but thought it was insightful enough to share with you:

From: http://collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/Skills+Needed+for+the+21st+Century *

Can your students….

Make complex choices?

Benchmark a process?

Manage a negotiation?

Communicate clearly?

Motivate others?

Connect globally?

Organize information?

Cope with change?

Read a digital map?

Demonstrate innovativeness?

Resolve conflict?

Distinguish fact from opinion?

Respond to a blog?

Frame problems and solutions?

Sell ideas to others?

Give an effective presentation?

Set priorities and goals?

Lead a team?

Use technology well?

Learn outside the classroom?

Work effectively in teams?

This website was not targeting entrepreneurs in any way, but it seems to me that learning entrepreneurship will develop most of these skills quite nicely!

I’m sure there are more you could add to the list, would love to hear . . .

*note: Digging around this website wasn’t especially user-friendly, but there were several places that a homeschool teacher could find very useful.

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