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- The Local Evidence Synthesis
- Overview of 21st Century Competencies
- 21CCs enabler: Teacher dispositions
- 21CCs enabler: Lesson designs
- 21CCs enabler: Whole-school approaches
- Strategies for developing 21CCs and subject domain mastery
- Recommendations for system improvement
- Research gaps in our local corpus
- Further resources
- Research synthesis team
Number: 119
Fund source: ERFP, MAF, eduLab
Completed: 2009-2018
Nature (type): baseline, exploratory, explanatory, evaluation, intervention, proof of concept and scaling and translation.
Primary school, secondary school, junior college
For more details, refer to Annex A of the full LES document.
Author, Senior Education Research Scientist
Author, Assistant Dean
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Local Evidence Synthesis on 21st Century Competencies
Summary
- The article presents research findings on the teaching and learning of 21st Century competencies (21CCs) in Singapore’s educational context.
- It emphasises the importance of 21CCs, which include cognitive, intrapersonal, and interpersonal skills, for success in contemporary work and life.
- Through various studies funded between 2009 and 2018, effective strategies have been identified, such as fostering positive teacher attitudes, designing formative assessments, promoting collaborative learning, and leveraging ICT tools.
- The article concludes with recommendations for fostering 21CC development among students and teachers and identifies research gaps for future exploration, aiming to inform policy and practice.
Local evidence synthesis (LES) on teaching and learning of 21st Century competencies
Overview of 21st Century Competencies
21CCs enabler: Teacher dispositions
21CCs enabler: Lesson designs
21CCs enabler: Whole-school approaches
Strategies for developing 21CCs and subject domain mastery
Recommendations for system improvement
Research gaps in our local corpus
Further resources
- Flipping the Paradigm of Science Learning with Flipped Team-Based Learning
- MyCLOUD: Learning Chinese in a Seamless Learning Environment
- LES on Teaching and Learning 21st Century Competencies: Whole School Approaches Develop Students’ 21CCs (Page 18)
- STEM-Based Problem-Solving: Strengthening STEM Instruction through Student-Centred Approaches
- Design-Based Inquiry: Promoting Inquiry through Better Task Design
- Stirring the Spirit of Inquiry
- Productive Failure: Leveraging Students’ Ideas, Making the Learning Process Productive
- Socio-Emotional Learning Intervention: The Youth-Theory of Mind (Y-ToM) Tool
- CoVAA (Collaborative Video-Based Annotation and Analytics)
- WiREAD+: Reading Collaboratively With Critical Lenses
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Research synthesis team
- Dr Elizabeth Koh, Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP), Office of Education Research (OER), NIE.
- Dr Caleon Imelda Santos, Partnerships, Office of Education Research, NIE.
- Dr Roberto de Roock (formerly of NIE).
Acknowledgements
The LES on Teaching and Learning 21st Century Competencies involves 119 studies funded by the Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP), MOE Academic Fund (MAF) and eduLab and administered by the Office of Education Research (OER). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Singapore MOE and NIE.
This knowledge resource was extracted and reconstructed from the LES, with approval from the authors, and presented by Ms Radiah Maria Belak on 5 August 2024.
