As some of you know, if you’ve read my post A Sign O’ the Times,
my boyfriend and I often debate about the uses of technology and
21st century communication. In the spirit of that blog, I want
to discuss the need for 21st century education. There is a
growing movement called the 21st century skills to promote and
utilize the latest technologies; but more importantly, it should
incorporate skills of critical thinking, creativity, cultural
competence, and literacy skills among students. Education is so
important in the 21st century world and knowledge economy.
Globalization in all of its forms is a growing part of the
experiences of youth in 2012. Suarez-Orozco explains that
education is understood as a transfer of skills, values, and
sensibilities to the next generation and basic education is a
normative ideal in the world (Suarez-Orozco, 2007). Suarez-
Orozco (2007) states that there needs to be cultural
sophistication or cultural competence to work within the
globalized economy. The biggest challenges that Wa