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Your Name and Title: Charles Fadel

School or Organization Name: Center for Curriculum Redesign

Co-Presenter Name(s):  Maya Bialik, Massachusetts, USA

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: USA East Coast or West Coast

Language in Which You Will Present:  English

Target Audience(s):  

Short Session Description (one line):  

A four-dimensional education framework to meet the challenges of the 21st century will be presented: Knowledge, Skills, Character, Meta-Learning.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):  

Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Big Data, Biotech, Nanotechnology etc. are redefining what it means to be human. The world of the 21st century bears little resemblance to that of the 19th century, so Education curricula must be deeply redesigned for versatility and adaptability, implying all of the four dimensions of Knowledge, Skills, Character and Meta-Learning, and the interplay between them.  Key themes discussed include:

• Several technologies are progressing exponentially fast, and the world of the 21^st century is vastly different from that of the 19^th and 20^th century.  Yet education standards have not been deeply redesigned to deal with that context and its consequences on humankind.
• To meet humanity’s challenges, a 21^st century education must comprise the four dimensions of: Knowledge (both traditional and modern, interdisciplinarily), Skills, Character, and Meta-Learning.
• STEM disciplines matter increasingly, but Humanities/Arts remain absolutely essential – each borrowing from the other, for a deeply versatile T-shaped education.  Versatility is key to resilience.
• Global Literacy must also become as a systematic part of all Knowledge education, a Theme to be inserted across all disciplines

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: http://curriculumredesign.org/our-work/four-dimensional-21st-century-education-learning-competencies-2030/ 

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