What is a 21st century student?

These are  students who are able to master content while producing, synthesizing, and evaluating information from a wide variety of subjects and sources with an understanding of and respect for diverse cultures.

Students demonstrate the  three Cs:

Creativity

Communication and

Collaboration.

They demonstrate digital literacy as well as civic responsibility.

Virtual tools and open-source software create borderless learning territories for students of all ages, anytime and anywhere.

Students in the 21st century learn in a global classroom and it’s not necessarily within four walls.

They are more inclined to find information by accessing the Internet through cellphones and computers, or chatting with friends on a social media site.

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Qualities of 21 century student include:

1. Critical and Creative Thinking

•  Comparing  
• Decision Making
• Classifying
• Investigation
• Inductive Reasoning
• Problem Solving
• Deductive Reasoning
• Experimental Inquiry
•  Error Analysis
•  Invention 
• Constructing Support 
• Data Analysis 
• Abstracting
• Scientific Inquiry

2. Systems Thinking

• Big Picture
•  Change Over Time
• Interdependencies
• Consequences
• System-as-Cause
• Leverage Actions
•  Identification and Explanation
• Representation o Transfer

3.Self-Direction

• Relevant and Realistic Goals
• Systematic and Comprehensive Plan
• Self-instruction
•  Resources
• Effective and Sustained Effort
• Self-monitoring and Reflection
•  Results that are Valued and Meet the Standard

4. Leadership

• Team Building
• Decision Making
• Communication
• Action Planning
• Perseverance
•  Personal Responsibility

5. Communication

•  Electronic Environments
• Media
• Conventions and Etiquette
• Design Elements
• Responsible Behavior

6. Cultural Competence

• Cultural Self-Awareness
• Worldview
•  Intercultural Experience
• Technology and Cultural Diversity