Jen Scott Curwood

Lately, it seems like the phrase “21st century skills” is ubiquitous in literacy research. At conferences, we allude to it; in papers, we theorize about it; in the classroom, we worry if our students are acquiring it. But until now, English teachers had very little to go on. That’s why I was so excited to hear that NCTE joined up with the Partnership for 21st Century Skills to create this.


Not only does it identify and describe 21st century skills, it also shows how they can be implemented and measured across K-12 language arts classes.  Personally, I’m interested in hearing how teachers react to the 21st Century Skills Map.  Is it a useful tool?  A way to justify new avenues that they want to explore?  Or just more expectations that they feel ill-equipped to meet?


And if it’s the latter, I want to know this:  What can we (as researchers, educators, and adminstrators) do to change that?

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