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South Bay Accent - Aug/Sep 2015

Strategies for teaching 21st-century literacy skills. BY SUSAN KERR See Jane Read. 56 South Bay Accent SHUTTERSTOCK HERE IN THE LAND OF BUZZWORDS, perhaps no educationrelated phrase is more popular than “21st-century skill set.” To ensure their young charges’ success in the global economy, or so goes the thinking, schools must foster a veritable shopping list of talents ranging from critical thinking, ecological awareness, creativity and leadership on up to self-direction, collaboration and technological expertise. Yet in our eagerness to promote classrooms full of the next Steve Jobs, it’s easy to skip right past the importance of one decidedly old-fashioned fundamental: reading.


South Bay Accent - Aug/Sep 2015
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