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The 7Cs of 21st-Century Teaching and Learning

According to Trilling, the Co-author of “21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our
Times.” The framework for 21st Century Learning Skills focuses on the “Seven C’s.” These
include: Critical thinking, Creativity and innovation, Collaboration, Cross-cultural understanding,
Communication, Computing technology, and Career learning.
The 7C’s for 21st Century learning covers skills that are in high demand in any
workplace in every part of the world. The continuous evolution of the workplace demands that
only those exposed to these core competencies will succeed.
The 7Cs in education give opportunities to bridge our everyday teaching and school
education with what our young people will need when they are out in the world.

From 4Cs to 7Cs


 The 21st-century skills movement emerged at the beginning of this century. Since 2002,
the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) has been the leading advocacy
organization in the United States focused on infusing 21st-century skills into education.
The famous 4Cs framework developed by the P21, is a pioneer to call for education that
develops critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity to prepare
young people for citizenship and the workforce in the global society. This movement has
been transforming school curricula around the world aiming to develop young people’s
strong mastery of content knowledge, as well as the acquisition of a variety of soft skills.

 The changes of the world didn’t stop in 2002, so do the skills that we need. The 4Cs
framework is soon expanded into the 7Cs to address the fundamental changes to
lifestyles, knowledge acquisition, and ways of thinking in the 21st century. In 2009, 2
experts from the P21, Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel published a book “21st-
century skills: Learning for Life in Our Times”. They broaden the 4Cs to 7Cs, in response
to the increasingly ubiquitous digitalized and mediated environment.
According to Bernie and Charles, the 7Cs are as important as content knowledge
in the curricula we teach daily. These competencies are skills that employers, the
workplace, and modern society are looking for in the 21st century. If we believe
our work as teachers is mainly to prepare students for a successful and fulfilling
future, we should give opportunities to our students to strengthen these skills
across content areas.

The 7 C’s
CRITICAL THINKING
 The ability to solve problems and reason effectively.
 The work culture is increasingly demanding flexible analytical skills, therefore, being able
to analyze and reason effectively and integrate diverse sources of information
systematically into problem-solving is a huge strength in any career.

CREATIVITY
 The ability to think creatively, to work creatively with others, and to implement
innovations.
 The 21st century demands continuously innovating new services, better processes, and
improved products for the well-being of humans and the global economy. It is no
surprise that creative work is highly valued.

COLLABORATION
 The ability to cooperate, to compromise, to achieve consensus, and to build community.
 Collaboration is the nature of how work is accomplished in our civic and work lives.
Much of the significant work is accomplished in teams, and nowadays, global teams.

COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION, AND MEDIA LITERACY


 The ability to communicate clearly and effectively in a diverse environment; access and
evaluate information, and analyze, use, and create media effectively.
 The power of the media and the ubiquity of communication technologies in all aspects of
life make strong communication skills even more important. The ability to effectively
analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication and media content is
immensely needed in many careers.

COMPUTING AND ICT LITERACY


 The ability to apply technology effectively and ethically
 Successful modern businesses and organizations rely heavily on technologies to
operate. Knowing how to apply suitable technology will significantly benefit your life and
career path.

CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
 The ability to minimize barriers across diverse ethnic groups, cultures, and ideas, such
as preconceptions, prejudices, and stereotypes that distort our understanding of other
people and hinder us from working effectively and creatively with team members
regardless of the diverse differences.
 Understanding and accommodating cultural and social differences, and using these
differences to come up with even more creative ideas and solutions to problems, will be
increasingly important throughout this century. Cross-cultural interaction skills both
online and face-to-face in the international working environment are more important than
ever.

CAREER AND LEARNING SELF-RELIANCE


 The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally
competitive information age and to manage changes. The capacity to commit to lifelong
learning for developing adequate life and career skills.
 In a rapidly changing world full of uncertainties, committing to lifelong learning builds the
resilience to adapt to changes. Every career path requires constant updating of skills
and knowledge in the 21st century.

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