Cognitive Skills You Need For The 21st Century

Download or read book Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century written by Stephen K. Reed and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century begins with a Future of Jobs report that contrasts trending and declining skills required by the workforce in the year 2022. Trending skills include analytical thinking and innovation, active learning strategies, creativity, reasoning, and complex problem solving, and Reed discusses each in detail. Research in Cognitive Psychology, Education, and AI provides the foundation for acquiring these skills. Reedpresents problems and personal anecdotes to encourage reflection, and concludes with three chapters on educating 21st century skills at all levels of instruction.