21st Century Communication, Level 3

Author: Blass Baker
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781305955523
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
21st Century Communication is a four-level series that uses powerful ideas from TED Talks to teach learners to think critically and communicate effectively. Through authentic models of effective communication, students build fluency in the listening and speaking skills needed to achieve academic and personal success.

21st Century Reading

Author: Laurie Blass
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781305265721
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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21st Century Reading

Author: Laurie Blass
Publisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN: 9781305264595
Category : Comprehension
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
21st Century Reading was created through a partnership between TED, a nonprofit dedicated to spreading ideas through short, powerful talks and National Geographic Learning. 21st Century Reading provides the ideal forum for learners of English to make connections with topics ranging from science to business to global issues. Using TED Talks as the springboard to share ideas, this new four-level reading series shows learners how to understand and respond to ideas and content in English.

PISA 21st-Century Readers Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World

Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264670971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Literacy in the 21st century is about constructing and validating knowledge. Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all kinds of information, displacing traditional formats of usually more carefully curated information such as encyclopaedias and newspapers.

U.S. History Detective

Author: Steve Greif
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781601442437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook

Author: Thomas L Good
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412950112
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1031

Book Description
Via 100 entries or 'mini-chapters,' the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on Education will highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of education ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st Century.

American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Philip G. Altbach
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801880353
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 572

Book Description
This new edition explores current issues of central importance to the academy: leadership, accountability, access, finance, technology, academic freedom, the canon, governance, and race. Chapters also deal with key constituencies -- students and faculty -- in the context of a changing academic environment.

21st Century Skills

Author: James A. Bellanca
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
ISBN: 1935542370
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 522

Book Description
This anthology introduces the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to re-envision learning and prepare students for a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Highly respected education leaders and innovators focus on why these skills are necessary, which are most important, and how to best help schools include them in curriculum and instruction.

Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the 21st Century

Author: Christian Abello-Contesse
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783090707
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
This book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts around the world to create comprehensive and multidimensional coverage of current bilingual initiatives. Themes covered include issues in language use in classrooms; participant perspectives on bilingual education experiences; and the language needs of bi- and multilingual students in monolingual schools.

Reading Explorer

Author: Paul MacIntyre
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
This book bring the world to the classroom like never before through National Geographic topics. The updated design blends text, charts, graphs and images, encouraging learners to develop visual literacy skills to improve comprehension -- Back cover.