21st Century Skills Development Through Inquiry-Based Learning From Theory to Practice /

• Main Authors: Chu, Samuel Kai Wah (Author), Reynolds, Rebecca B. (Author), Tavares, Nicole J. (Author), Notari, Michele (Author), Lee, Celina Wing Yi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Teaching.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Technology.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

This book presents innovative instructional interventions designed to support inquiry project-based learning as an approach to equip students with 21st century skills. Instructional techniques include collaborative team-based teaching, social constructivist game design and game play, and productive...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: 21st century skills education on the whole
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 21st century skills and global education roadmap
• Part 2: 21st century skills education: Plagiarism-free inquiry Pjbl in Asia, Europe and North America
• Chapter 3 21st century skills education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China: Inquiry project-based and collaborative teaching/learning supported by Wiki
• Chapter 4 21st century skills education in Switzerland: An example of project-based learning using Wiki in science education
• Chapter 5 21st century skills education in the U.S.: An example of an inquiry-based game design learning approach
• Part 3: 21st century skills education in schools
• Chapter 6 Teachers' professional development
• Chapter 7 Guides and suggestions for pedagogy implementation in classrooms
• Chapter 8 Assessment instruments for 21st century skills
• Chapter 9 Summary and conclusions.