February 24, 2009
1:30p.m. – 3:00p.m.
1016 16th St. NW, 7th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
The teaching of skills is taking an increasingly prominent role in our classrooms. Numerous states are integrating skills such as critical thinking, global awareness, and media and business literacy into their standards and tests. But is the idea of orienting education around skills either sound or new?
Come hear the opinions of a historian, an educator, a cognitive scientist, and an advocate for 21st century skills.
Panelists:
DIANE RAVITCH
Research Professor of
Education, New York University
E. D. HIRSCH, JR.
Founder and Chairman, Core
Knowledge Foundation
DANIEL WILLINGHAM
Professor of Psychology,
University of Virginia
KEN KAY
President, Partnership for
21st Century Skills
Moderator:
ANTONIA CORTESE
Secretary-Treasurer, American
Federation of Teachers
RSVP to: info@commoncore.org
Tags: 21st_century_skills, event
Hi
I’m emailing from the NZ Ministry of Education – I’m interested in this discussion. Can you tell me whether there will be presentations or a summary of this event available at a later date?
Many thanks
Thank you for rasing the question about skills as the focus of education. Thanks also for indicating that so-called 21st century skills have, in fact, been a major concern among progressive educators for much of the 20th century, and that the hole idea of skill as ariculated by propnents is hopelessly confused with ideas about native talent (traits) and transfer of learning. I hope your session will have the courage to highlight how the lobby promoting “21st Century Skills” was formed, the legislative agenda they are promoting, and how that serves major contributors. This is abig-bucks campaign, with high fees extracted for the priviledge of being within the lobby. I work with very small publisher that paid $25,000 for the priviledge of inclusion.