21st Century Themes

Submitted by egoodrich on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 15:45.

Milton Matters has prepared a series of 4 podcasts around the topic of 21st Century Themes.  The Partnership for 21st Cnetury Skills has believes that schools should move beyond the basic core subjects to promote an academic understanding at higher levels.  The following podcasts use reflection on student voices to explore the 21st Century Themes of:

  • Global awareness
  • Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
  • Civic literacy
  • Health literacy
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    Financial Literacy.mp35.95 MB
    Health Literacy.mp36.15 MB
    Global Awareness.mp35.72 MB
    Civic Literacy.mp35.09 MB
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    Student Voices and 21st Century Knowledge

    Submitted by Sandy Lathem on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 11:13.

    I very much enjoyed your approach to this podcast series and hearing your students' answers to the issues of financial, health, and global literacy.   Each podcast has a lot of significant information and stresses why 21st century skills are becoming so important.  Thanks for this work.

    Sandy Lathem
    University of Vermont
    (W) 802-310-0374