21st-Century Skills Vital for Students, Challenging to Impart, Say Educators

No Author. (2014). 21st-Century Skills Vital for Students, Challenging to Impart, Say Educators. NSTA Reports!, 8-9.

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Published by the National Science Teachers Association, this article discusses poll
results regarding the importance of 21st-Century Skills and the difficulty
teaching them to students. The article immediately defines what 21st Century
Skills are, and how many educators actively attempt to integrate them into
lessons. The articles then quotes various educators on how they integrate those
skills into their lessons, how they assess the effectiveness of their lessons
and how well students are learning, and the challenges faced.

Evaluation:

This article is a great introduction into 21st Century Skills, and also gives
concrete examples of how educators are integrating them into their lessons.
The article is also valuable because it doesn't sugar coat the challenges
associated with teaching these abilities, and also provides examples on how
educators overcame them.