Education for Future-Oriented Citizenship: Implications for the Education of Twenty-First Century Competencies

Autor/in	Lee, Wing On
Titel	Education for Future-Oriented Citizenship: Implications for the Education of Twenty-First Century Competencies
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 32 (2012) 4, S.498-517 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2012.741057
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Communication Skills; Citizenship Education; Social Capital; Global Approach; Creativity; Cultural Awareness; Values Education; Literacy; Civics; Critical Thinking; Curriculum; Socialization; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kommunikationsstil; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Sozialkapital; Globales Denken; Kreativität; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Werterziehung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Staatsbürgerkunde; Kritisches Denken; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Singapur
Abstract	Globalization and the knowledge economy have opened up worldwide agendas for national development. Following this is the emphasis on the social dimension, otherwise known as social capital. Much of social capital includes "soft skills" and "twenty-first century skills", which broadly cover critical, creative and inventive thinking; information, interactive and communication skills; civic literacy, global awareness and cross-cultural skills. Proactively, the Singapore government is preparing for Curriculum 2015, a new curriculum that would develop student attributes, embedded in the "confident person", "self-directed learner", "active contributor", and "concerned citizen". Significantly, a new curricular initiative, Character and Citizenship Education, emphasizes the integrative nature of citizenship and twenty-first century competencies and has been implemented in all schools in Singapore from 2011. This future-oriented approach to citizenship education emphasizes the significance of individual initiatives and the intellectual capital of citizens. This paper analyses features of this particular approach to citizenship education, and its strengths and significance, which may be viewed as an integrative "total curriculum approach" with a "whole-society" perspective. In addition, the challenges of teaching twenty-first century skills will also be highlighted. This departs from the conventional paradigm of socialization, but to help students develop attributes for a future society to come. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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