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The Pedagogy of Skills in the 21st Century: Practices for Integrating Them into the Teaching Process
School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece
School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece
- 1 School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece
- 2 School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece
Creative Education·Volume 16 (2024)·Pages 56–70·Published 31 December 2024·DOI10.4236/ce.2025.161004
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Abstract
The paper aims to examine the educational priorities and teaching practices implemented in Greek schools that support the development of 21st-century skills. The approach to this central issue is attempted from a global perspective. Specifically, we focus on curricula, subject areas, the school’s mission, and the learning environment. In our study, we tried to define 21st-century skills. We draw on the KSAVE model and argue that any educational endeavor to cultivate skills at the school level should be an outgrowth of organic interconnection and alignment of the above factors rather than a decontextualized practice. In this context, we present indicative teaching environments for cultivating and promoting skills based on the KSAVE model.
Keywords21st Century SkillsCurriculaTeaching PracticesKSAVE Model
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