Skills Required for Teachers of 21st Century

Essential Skills for Teachers.
P-21 Frame Work
Tony Wagner's 7 Survival Skills

1. Skills Required For Teacher's Of 21 st Century Dhanya Mohanan Mphil , Department of Education, University of Kerala

2. Definition Cambridge Dictionary refers skill as “an ability and capacity acquired through deliberate, systematic and sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carry out complex activities or job functions involving ideas (cognitive skills), thing(technical skills) and People (interpersonal skills)”.

3. 21 ST CENTURY SKILLS

4. P 21 FRAME WORK Learning and Innovative Skills Digital Literacy Rate Career and Life Skills Critical thinking Information Literacy Flexibility & adaptability Creativity Media Literacy Initiative & self direction Communication ICT Literacy Social & cross cultural interaction Collaboration - Productivity and accountability - - Literacy and responsibility

5. TONY WAGNER’S 7 SURVIVAL SKILLS Critical thinking and problem solving Collaboration Agility and adaptability Initiative Effective oral and written communication Accessing and analyzing information Curiosity and imagination

6. SKILLS DISCUSSED IN BROADER PERSPECTIVES:

7. CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING Scientific way of reasoning Conceptualizing Analyzing Synthesizing Evaluating information Make decision or reach solution

8. CREATIVITY Teachers can present learning materials in unique way disregarding the traditional methods to draw the attention of students .

9. INITIATIVE AND SELF DIRECTION A self directed teacher can impart qualities like : Decision making, Leadership Responsibility of citizenship Perseverance Co-operation self discipline among students

10. RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION Teacher must be equipped with different instruction skills according to the physical, affective and cognitive abilities of the student.

11. COMMUNICATION Teacher can use verbal Non verbal Written Visual communication for effective teaching-learning

12. LEADERSHIP Implementing instructional materials, organizing co-curricular activities, inculcating the spirit of teamwork, collaboration and cooperation among students.

13. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Expanding access Promoting efficiency Improving the quality of learning Enhancing quality of teaching

14. SOCIAL AND CROSS CULTURAL INTERACTION Diversified classroom Teacher – establish unity

15. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL LITERACY: Awareness about of environmental pollution Conservation of natural resources Protection of endangered animals

16. CONCLUSION It is the responsibility of the teacher to mould young minds for their future journey to a world reigned by technology but ruled by collaboration, co-operation, and world peace.