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Equipping students with the 21st Century Skills they will need at university

Nerilee Hall

International Christian School, Hong Kong

halln@ics.edu.hk

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Changing society (knowledge society, ICTs, disruption) Changed workplace (reduced hierachy, autonomy, teamwork, entrepreneurship, uncertainty, globalisation) Dissatisfaction of professional bodies with graduates Increased need for agile, highly-skilled graduates Changing course curriculum to be more skills-based Educating more diverse/more students

ANY COMMENTS?

“Higher education institutions increasingly recognise the need to develop both disciplinary knowledge and soft skills to foster the employability of their graduates” (Schech, 2017)

Cambridge IGSCE

• Applying knowledge to new and

unfamiliar situations

• Flexibility and responsiveness to change
• Intellectual enquiry
• Working and communicating in English
• Influencing outcomes
• Cultural awareness

Advanced Placement (AP)

AP subjects: “study skills” & “college-level work” AP Capstone:

• develops independent research, collaborative

teamwork and communication skills “skills that are increasingly valued by colleges”

• cultivates curious, independent, and

collaborative scholars

• prepares them to make logical, evidence-

based decisions.

Changing society (knowledge society, ICTs, disruption) Changed workplace (reduced hierachy, autonomy, teamwork, entrepreneurship, uncertainty, globalisation) Dissatisfaction of professional bodies with graduates Increased need for agile, highly-skilled graduates Changing course curriculum to be more skills-based

• curious, agile, resilient learners
• employ different ways of thinking
• evidence-based decision making
• imagine and realise change
• effective collaborators and communicators in

disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts

• interact in local and global cultural contexts with

respect for diverse cultural perspectives.

• employ ICT strategically to leverage information

QUT Graduate Capabilities

Assessment: first years

Business, Engineering, Science, Nursing, Paramedics

• More team/group assignments, including reflection on self

and group strength & weaknesses; often multi-disciplinary

• More essays, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies
• Inclusion of cross-cultural awareness/communication
• Critical thinking/analysis of author and own arguments
• Solving real word problems e.g. engineering challenges
• Graded for defending source-selection and referencing

Investigate and discuss

• EGB100 – engineering global challenge written report
• NSB104 – nursing group digital presentation
• LQB184 – biomedical science (pre-Med) Annotated Bibliography
• CSB111 – allied health patient care video role-play
• BSB126 – marketing research written plan
• 1. Highlight the skills in the assessment
• 2. Add the skills you find to

https://answergarden.ch/623452

Reflect and plan

• 1. Think of a unit you currently teach (or assist with)
• 2. Which of the skills identified in AnswerGarden do

you currently teach and assess in that unit?

• 3. Brainstorm ways you could adapt your teaching

and/or assessment to give students the opportunity to learn and practice these skills.

Cambridge Assessment (2018) Cambridge IGSCE Curriculum http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/ programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-secondary- 2/cambridge-igcse/curriculum/ Cambridge Assessment (2013) “21st Century Skills a 21st Century Problem?” in Achieve, Spring 2013. http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/140708-achieve-spring-13.pdf College Board (2018) AP Capstone Overview https://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/ap- capstone Duckworth, Sylvia (2017) Pedagogy page on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/212021094934778375/?lp=true Harvey, Andrew (2016) Has the push to get more disadvantaged students into universities been a success? http://theconversation.com/has-the-push-to-get-more-disadvantaged- students-into-universities-been-a-success-6510 Humburg and van der Velden (2017) “What is expected of higher education graduates in the 21st century?”in Oxford Handbook of Skills & Training, Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199655366.001.0001/oxfordhb

• 9780199655366-e-10

References

Levy, Frank (2010) “How Technology Changes Demands for Human Skills”, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 45, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/5kmhds6czqzq-en McIntosh, Ewan (2011) “ What’s Next?” TEDxLondon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUnhyyw8_kY Miller, Richard (2017) “Building on Math and Science: The New Essential Skills for the 21st- Century Engineer”, Research-Technology Management, 60:1. Queensland Law Society (2017) Admission Kit http://www.qls.com.au/ For_the_profession/Your_legal_career/Studying_law/Admission Queensland University of Technology (2017) Academic Skills Advisers https://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/contact/staff/n_hall.jsp Queensland University of Technology (2016) Real World Learning 2020 Vision https://www.qut.edu.au/about/strategic-ambitions/real-world-learning-2020-vision Schech, Susanne (2017) “Simulating the global workplace for graduate employability”, Higher Education Research & Development 36:7 doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2017.1325856

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