#69, Event: ‘International Seminar on 21st Century Skills’ organised by Waymade College of Education, October 15-16

In the fast growing world where information is ubiquitous, children refuse to be mere recipients of the informationalready explored by others creating an urgent need to shift the focus from knowledge-seeking to knowledge–creation. Societies aspiring for development have accepted the ever growing importance of education for qualitylife. Policy-makers as well as practicing educationists across the globe are striving hard to decide the content to beoffered to learners at different age groups, patterns and pedagogies of interaction between learners and the teacherand modes of learner-friendly assessment so as to equip them with 21st century skills.

The new millennium learning environment is replete with choices in terms of what and when to learn, where toacquire it from, how and how much to gather information, modus operandi of applying the same, etc.

Simultaneously, there are challenges. Educational systems are challenged by young achievers as well as parents’choice for home education of their children; media-savvy young learners are victims of boredom in ‘talk and chalk’class; the first generation school-goers are expected to compete with the privileged job-seekers; juvenile delinquentsfrom broken homes are on increase; the lopsided economic growth has created deprived population falling a prey tojealousy leading to crimes, etc. The 21st C. classrooms are cauldrons of diversity, a real and immediate challenge forteachers practicing at any level.Therefore, the 21st century demands a paradigm shift in our perception and practices vis-à-vis teaching-learningobjectives and situations.

Knowledge itself is growing more specialized and simultaneously expandingexponentially. Research during the last decade has shown how new social practices have evolved due to increaseduse of new digital technologies, especially among young people. This has created a need to re-conceptualize keyskills, concepts, work patterns not defined from a systemic level alone, but also from the everyday lives of people inour societies.This Seminar is an attempt to create a platform to deliberate on these issues and create mind-maps and scenarios forconsideration in educational systems across communities and nationalities.

– Conceptualizing 21st C Skills

– Role of Educational Institutions

– Teaching – Learning

– Educational Management

– Assessment of 21st C skills

– Research and Success Stories.