“21 st Century Skills: planning for an uncertain future” Jon White

Introduction Welcome Our challenges Contested visions of quality Measures of success

Planning for the future Learning from the past The pace of change Drivers of change Fairness and justice for all

21 st Century Citizen (EU, 2005) 1. A skilled communicator 2. Language and cultural awareness 3. Embraces technological change 4. Flexible and adaptable

21 st Century Child Emotionally literate Included Critical Resilient

Activity: planned change Three areas of change for which adults can prepare children Growing up At home At school

Change is part of life Managing change needs cognitive training Planning for change takes time However, when the unexpected things happen… you are better able to manage. Resilience grows over time. (Foley et al, 2008)

Activity: unplanned change When resilience is needed Family? Health? Economic?

Promoting resilience in children: strategies The key person Relationships Participation Emotional vocabulary (O’Conner, 2013)

Activities to promote empowerment Story telling Free play Role play Diaries Community projects Games Gardening (Trodd,2011)

The resilient child will demonstrate Social competence (Citizen:1, 2 and 3) Autonomy (Citizen: 4) Persistence (Citizen: 4) (Newman, 2004)

Visions of Quality Conversation between children and adults Understanding liminal places Children as co-constructors (Lam and Pollard, 2006)

Conclusions The 21 st century teacher practitioner will Listen to children: 100 voices! Connect with communities Reflect on practice Be entrepreneurial and innovate

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