LU4a Concepts of Global Literacy PDF

Concepts of global literacy: 21 Century Skills st Life skills “Life Skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life” - WHO to manage and live a better quality life help to a...

Concepts of global literacy: 21 Century Skills st Life skills “Life Skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life” - WHO to manage and live a better quality life help to accomplish our ambitions and live to our full potential flexibility, initiative, social skills, productivity, and leadership What skills do you have? Practice writing your CV – Skills Think about the skills you currently have and the skills you need to develop for your future and career  no definitive list of life skills; certain skills may be more or less relevant depending on your: life circumstances, Life skills culture beliefs age and gender geographic location, etc.  Social skills: self-awareness, empathy, effective communication, interpersonal relationship Categories Thinking skills: critical thinking, of Life creative thinking, problem solving, Skills decision making Coping skills: coping with stress; emotions 21st Century skills a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits that are believed by educators, school reformers, college professors, employers, and others to be critically important to succeed in today’s world, particularly in collegiate programs and contemporary careers and workplaces  Critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, interpretation, synthesizing information Research skills and practices, interrogative questioning 21 st Creativity, artistry, curiosity, imagination, innovation, personal expression Century Perseverance, self-direction, planning, self- Skills discipline, adaptability, initiative Oral and written communication, public speaking and presenting, listening Leadership, teamwork, collaboration, cooperation, facility in using virtual workspaces  Information and communication technology (ICT) literacy, media and internet literacy, data interpretation and analysis, computer programming Civic, ethical, and social-justice literacy 21 st Economic and financial literacy, entrepreneurialism Global awareness, multicultural literacy, Century humanitarianism Scientific literacy and reasoning, the scientific Skills method Environmental and conservation literacy, ecosystems understanding Health and wellness literacy, including nutrition, diet, exercise, and public health and safety Three popular models to illustrate 21st Century skills Framework for 21st Century Learning (The Partnership for 21st Century Skills) Four Keys to College and Career Readiness (David T. Conley and the Educational Policy Improvement Center) Seven Survival Skills (Tony Wagner and the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education)  The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn Literacy - Alvin Toffler for the Literacy skills increasingly reflect technology use and the abilities necessary to: 21 st problem-solve century collaborate present information through multi-media  Ability to use technology for gathering and communicating information Literacy concepts are changing and overlapping (used interchangeably) Literacy for Information literacy the 21st century Digital literacy Web literacy Media literacy  We must prepare young people for living in a world of powerful images, words and sounds Media UNESCO, 1982 literacy HOTS = Higher Order Thinking Skills HOCCTS = Higher-order Critical and Creative Thinking Skills  Knowing how to identify key Expanding concepts How to make connections between the notion multiple ideas of media How to ask pertinent questions Formulate a response “literacy” Identify fallacies  Not just written texts but any message Expanding form: verbal, aural or visual Powerful images and sounds of multi- the media culture Fluent in ‘reading’ and ‘writing’ the concept of language of images and sounds “text” What type of “text” do you deal with nowadays? How do you deal with them? Information age Explosion of information 21st century learning New ways of learning for students: What do they need to know How to find what they need to know when they need to know it HOTS & HOCCTS Analyse and evaluate relevant and useful information  Skills 21st Abilities Learning dispositions Century Deeper learning: analytic reasoning, Learning complex problem solving, teamwork (traditional academic skills: primarily content-knowledge based) Comparing 19th – 20th C and 21st C Learning Limited access to knowledge Infinite access to knowledge and information primarily and information increasingly through print through the internet Emphasis on content Emphasis on process skills knowledge that may or may for lifelong learning not be used in life Goal is to master life skills to Goal is to master content solve problems knowledge Teachers use discovery, Facts and information are inquiry-based approach “spoon-fed” by teachers to students  Digital literacy People skills: interaction, collaboration, Hard managing others – flexibility and adaptability skills vs Applied skills/soft skills – personal, interpersonal skills; soft skills Learning-based skills – life skills (problem solving behaviours), people skills, social skills Learning and innovation skills CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM SOLVING COMMUNICATIONS COLLABORATION CREATIVITY INNOVATION  Information literacy Media literacy Digital literacy Information skills Communication technologies ICT literacy  Flexibility and adaptability Life and Initiative and self-direction Social and cross-cultural career interaction skills Productivity Accountability Global literacy global knowledge, understanding global events, and global awareness the awareness, reading and comprehension of current political, social and economic issues which would enable individuals to fulfil their roles as effective and global citizens Global literacy promotes and encourages:  inquiry, reasoning and problem solving  collaboration  communication and an understanding of world languages and cultures  an understanding of globalized systems and political realities  responsible global citizenship  respect for diversity  an understanding of the skills and technologies that are necessary for life in the 21st century  the ability for students to become advocates for themselves and their city/state/country 5 ways to improve global literacy 1. Remember adult learning 2. Teach in the mother tongue 3. Foster a love of reading 4. Embed literacy into other programs 5. Use technology carefully World literacy summit 2018