Monona+Grove+Definition+of+21st+Century+Skills


 * 21st Century Skills**

The Monona Grove School District has been working on defining 21st Century Skills and looking at how they can best be implemented into the Monona Grove Curriculum The 21st Century Learning Steering Committee identified the following skills to focus on:

• Is there awareness of the cultural values and traditions of students? • Are materials chosen to include and represent different cultures?
 * Multicultural Competence**

-making meaning of the world by asking “why” questions, making assessments and judgments, and drawing conclusions that lead to action Questions that demonstrate what it is to think critically: • Because of what reasons? • How do you know? • What are your presuppositions? • Why “this” and not “that”? • What should be done? • Because of what causes?
 * Critical Thinking**

Questions that demonstrate what it is to problem-solve: • What are we trying to get done? • At what point in the process does something go wrong? • What will happen if we do this other thing at that point instead? • What are some other things we can try?
 * Problem Solving**

• How can we imagine possibilities? encourage openness, risk taking and curiosity? • Allow for self-expression?
 * Creativity**

• How can we set a learning environment where learners are open to other’s ideas> • Have the ability and desire to understand what is being communicated? • Allow for risk taking in the group? • Build trust? • Encourage individuals to assume responsibility? • Treat each other with civility? • Create an experience that allows for flexibility?
 * Collaboration**

How can you understand your audience? How can you develop an ability to communicate information in multiple forms and for multiple intelligences? How can students communicate clearly? How can we communicate to a wider audience? How can we learn about other cultures in authentic ways through communication? How can we communicate over distance most effectively?
 * Communication**