21st Century Competencies and Its Implications on Educational Practices

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10.2991/icset-17.2017.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

21st century competencies; education; global society

Abstract

The challenges of the human being now more complicated than 50 years ago. The human life in the 21st century is characterized by knowledge society and information and technology literacy beyond the human basic skills to survive on the previous ages. To participate in the 21st century it is not enough if we only mastering the basic literacy skills as reading, writing, and arithmetic, moreover we should be a person who has a high qualified skill on critical thinking, problem-solving, good communication and collaboration, and also creative and innovative. The aim of education to prepare the student to be a member of the global community should effectively improve their self to gain a high chance to participate and build their self-existence facing the global community challenges.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Haryono
AU  - Edi Subkhan
AU  - Ghanis Putra Widhanarto
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TI  - 21st Century Competencies and Its Implications on Educational Practices
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