Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Darling-Hammond responds to report on 21st Century Learning

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Darling-Hammond responds to report on 21st Century Learning:

Darling-Hammond responds to report on 21st Century Learning

by Mike Klonsky

Darling-Hammond

A special report released yesterday by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington was intended to define just what researchers, educators and policymakers mean when they talk about "deeper learning" and "21st-century.

The committee found these skills generally fall into three categories: Cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and analytic reasoning; interpersonal skills, such as teamwork and complex communication; and Intrapersonal skills, such as resiliency and conscientiousness (the latter of which has also been strongly associated with good career earnings and healthy lifestyles).

Stanford University education professor Linda Darling-Hammond said she was pleased with the report's recommendation to focus more research and resources on interpersonal skills such as complex communication