CHANGING SKILLS AND EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
CHANGING SKILLS AND EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: Educators are faced once again with a daunting challenge: this timeit is to equip students with 21st century skills. Critics oppose the idea on the grounds that emphasizing skills such as critical thinking and problem solving will erode the teaching of important content, including history and literature. Both knowledge and skills are needed, and they are interdependent. No generation can escape the responsibility of deciding what student should learn by analyzing what adults are called upon to do.

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