DQ#8: 21st Century Competences

According to the article, besides teaching 21st century skills, teachers are expected to possess these skills themselves. Even if policy dictates the implentation of these skills, research conducted by SITES shows that classrooms do not yet foster the learning of these competences. How can stakeholders and policymakers ensure that their teachers are highly qualified? What innovative pratices or policies can be implemented to help provide them with these skills?

For the implentation of these 21st century competences, which approach should be taken? Why?

a) adding them to the existing curriculum as new subjects

b) integrating them as cross-curricular competences

c) a new curriculum with less traditional structure