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Skills for the 21st Century
SCANS* - Schools must teach a new set of skills
so that young people entering the work force know how to identify
and organize information and resources, relate well with others
in work teams, and understand social and organizational systems.
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| Basic Skills
Reads, writies, performs arithmetica and mathematical operations,
listens and speaks well |
Thinking Skills
Thinks critically, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes,
knows how to learn and reason |
Personal Qualities
Displays reponsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management,
integrity, and honesty |
| Reading
Locates, understands, and interprets written information inprose
and in documents |
Creative Thinking
Generates new ideas |
Responsibility
Exerts a high level of effort and preseveres toward goal attainment |
| Writing
Communicates thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing,
and creates docuemtns such as letters, directions, manuals, reprots,
graphs, and flow charts |
Decision Making
Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers
risks, evaluates and chooses best alternative |
Self- Esteem
Believes in own self-worth and maintains a postive view of self |
| Arithmetic/Mathematics
Performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by
choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques |
Problem Solving
Recognizes problems, devises and implements a plan of action |
Sociability
Demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empath,
and politeness in group settings |
| Listening
Receives, attends to interprets, and responds to verbal messages
and other cues |
Seeing Things in the Mind's Eye
Organizes and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and
other information |
Self-Management
Assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress,
and exhibitis self-control |
| Speaking
Organizes ideas and communicates orally |
Knowing How to Learn
Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge
and skills |
Integrity/Honesty
Chooses ethical course of action |
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Reasoning
Discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between
two or more objects and applies it when solving a problem |
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Chart from TRIBES:
A New Way of Learning Together by Jeanne Gibbs (1994). Center Source
Publications, Santa Rosa, CA. Page 33.
SCANS Report available at http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/
*SCANS - US Dept of Labor, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary
Skills
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