The Power of Agency by Dr. Paul Napper

Author:Dr. Paul Napper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Preparing Yourself for Success in the Twenty-First Century

Will you be prepared as things change? Should you pursue a broad-based, general education, or should you learn highly specific skills? How can you learn to learn better?

We look to educators who are on the front lines of teaching for answers. After all, educators are preparing the upcoming generation of young people to effectively learn, grow, and adapt to a rapidly changing, evermore tech-driven world. It has become crucial today to consider not only what we learn but to consider how we learn—continuous change requires continuous learning.

In short, acquiring knowledge and skills alone isn’t enough.

One helpful framework to consider and guide you can be found in the book Four-Dimensional Education by Charles Fadel, Maya Bialik, and Bernie Trilling. The authors explain, “Educational success is no longer mainly about reproducing content knowledge, but about extrapolating from what we know and applying that knowledge in novel situations.” In their model for twenty-first-century learning, the first two dimensions may sound familiar: Knowledge (what we know and understand) and Skills (how we use what we know). The next two dimensions are less familiar for most of us who have been taught in traditional education settings. They are Character (how we behave and engage in the world), and Meta-Learning (how we reflect and adapt).

What are the main differentiators? Critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity, among other uniquely human attributes. As Fadel, Bialik, and Trilling remind us, “The world no longer rewards people just for what they know—search engines know everything—but for what they can do with what they know, how they behave in the world, and how they adapt.”

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