The status of twenty-first century skills within the University of Milan-Bicocca's Degree Programme in Primary Education

Abstract

This paper describes the extent to which 21 st Century Skills are provided for in both teacher training curriculum documents and educational practices (courses, workshops and teaching practice) in the context of the Degree Course in Primary Education offered by the University of Milan-Bicocca. Our observations are based on a diachronic analysis of the degree course from its introduction in 1999 up to the most recent education reforms. We also assess the extent to which these skills feature in the National Curricular Guidelines for Primary Education. Although twenty-first century skills are not explicitly referred to in the third level curriculum documents, they are implicitly well represented in the key transversal themes running through the five-year degree programme; while they receive clear and specific mention in the ministerial guideline documents.

Vocational School Teacher Competence Need Analysis Based on 21st Century Learning For Millennial Generation

“…Creative production of results is the target [4]. The notion is, often, discussed alongside the concepts of curiosity and imagination [5]; [6]; [7]), while [8], also associate it with playfulness. It is, further, related with the ability to innovate ( [9]; [10].…”

“…Communication skills are sometimes in combination with collaboration skills and, often, located in the globalized environment of the 21st century. Skilled and effective oral and written communication is the target [5]; [11] and [7]). Based on this study to improve communication skills, namely by assigning students to present the results of discussions, assignments, etc.…”