College and Career Ready in the 21st Century


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More than half of 9th graders in the United States will never complete a college degree. High schools must do more than prepare some students for college: They must prepare all American youth for productive lives as well as continued learning beyond high school. In this timely volume, two educational leaders advocate for a more meaningful high school experience. To accomplish this, the authors argue that we need to change the focus of our current high school reform efforts from "college for all" to "careers for all." This work shows how schools can prepare young people both for the emerging workplace and postsecondary education.




Job Skills for the 21st Century


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A plan for teenagers to develop their job skills so they will be prepared to compete in the future job market.







21st-Century Education and Careers


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This informative volume supports young men in setting educational and career goals for their futures while laying the groundwork and building a strategy to reach them. After discussing the challenges young men face today, the book shares expert-cited tips on how they can reach their full potential as students, workers, and citizens. The book gives boys practical guidance in researching and exploring career options and describes some of the key habits, traits, and skills needed for success in the 21st century.




Exploring Careers for the 21st Century


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Exploring Careers for the 21st Century empowers students forcareer success. It provides essential information about the skills needed fordecision making, goal setting, problem solving, and critical thinking to helpstudents explore career options and entrepreneurship. Students will learn how toplan for their future with an academic plan, an understanding of financialliteracy, communication skills, and the knowledge to think like an entrepreneur.Designed to engage students by focusing on subjects that are relevant to theirlives today, the Student Edition uses an integrated approach to emphasize how allskills are interdependent. The text utilizes real-life examples and a photo-rich designthat engages students by presenting information in short, colorful segments. * Features a wide range of activities--including 21st CenturySkills, teamwork, communication, problem solving, community involvement, "beyour own boss" entrepreneurship activities, and global-awarenessactivities and projects. * Includes a "bell ringer" activity at the beginning of eachchapter to get students interested in what they will learn in that section. * Integrates financial literacy throughout with activitiesand math-skills problems. * Promotes the value of staying in school and has studentsdevelop a career portfolio for achieving educational and career goals. Also available: Exclusive Teacher's Wraparound Edition with point-of-usenotes, teaching tips, strategies, additional activities, and customizedinstructional suggestions for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Advanced,Less Advanced, At-risk, and Special Needs Students.




Education and job training


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21st Century Skills


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This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills. This book is filled with vignettes, international examples, and classroom samples that help illustrate the framework and provide an exciting view of twenty-first century teaching and learning. Explores the three main categories of 21st Century Skills: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills Addresses timely issues such as the rapid advance of technology and increased economic competition Based on a framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) The book contains a video with clips of classroom teaching. For more information on the book visit www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com.




10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right)


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What counterintuitive lessons can we learn from the meteoric rise of Mindset Theory in education? Why have computers so overwhelmingly failed to become the academic panacea many expected them to be? How can the simple act of assigning grades drive student narcissism and damage teacher professionalism? In this book, brain and behavioural research is combined with respected philosophy in order to place ten widely accepted yet rarely examined aspects of education under the microscope. - Teacher Expertise - Evidence-Based Practice - Grading - Homework - Mindset - 21st Century Skills - Computers - Rewards - Daily Organization - Function This book aims to inspire teachers, leaders, and parents to question many commonly held beliefs and empower them to re-think the role of modern schooling.







21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook


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Via 100 entries or 'mini-chapters,' the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on Education will highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of education ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st Century.