P21 Standards
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation:
Think Creatively:
Work Creatively with Others:
Think Creatively:
- Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming).
- Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.
Work Creatively with Others:
- Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively.
- Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work.
- Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the read world limits to adopting new ideas.
Implement Innovations:
- Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving:
Make Judgements and Decisions:
- Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs.
- Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view.
- Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments.
- Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis.
Communication and Collaboration
Communicate Clearly:
Collaborate with Others:
- Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.
- Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade)
- Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness.
Collaborate with Others:
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams.
- Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal.
- Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member.
Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Access and Evaluate Information:
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
Use and Manage Information:
- Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand.
Media Literacy
Create Media Products:
- Understand and utilize the most appropriate media creation tools, characteristics and conventions.
ICT Literacy
Apply Technology Effectively:
- Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information.
Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change:
Be Flexible:
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time:
Work Independently:
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects:
- Adapt to varied roles, job responsibilities, schedules, and context.
Be Flexible:
- Incorporate feedback effectively.
- Deal positively with praise, setbacks, and criticism.
Initiative and Self-Direction
Manage Goals and Time:
- Utilize time and manage workload efficiently.
Work Independently:
- Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight.
Productivity and Accountability
Manage Projects:
- Set and meet goals, even in the face of obstacles and competing pressure.
- Prioritize, plan and manage work to achieve the intended result.