21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our times

APPENDIX C

3Rs × 7Cs = 21st Century Learning

 

 

 

 

The core subjects, themes, and skills of the P21 learning rainbow offer a memorable image of what students will need to learn to be successful in the 21st century (see Figure C.1).

To help make all of the essential 21st century skills of the P21 framework even more memorable, Table C.1 reshuffles and condenses the eleven skill sets into seven, all beginning with the letter “C.”

Figure C.1. 21st Century Learning Outcomes.

Table C.1. P21 and 7C Skills.

So we now have the “7Cs” skills of 21st century ...