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Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China: Inquiry Project-Based and Collaborative Teaching/Learning Supported by Wiki

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Part One of this book gave us an overview of twenty-first century skills education. We introduced various models of twenty-first century skills, in particular the P21 (P21 framework definitions, 2009) framework that comprises three skill sets in the aspects of learning and innovation, digital literacies, and life and career skills—the appropriate skills that students in the present day should acquire through education. We established that such skills are essential given the challenges brought about by technological advances and changes in the global economic structure, and that education reforms are underway in countries around the world to meet these challenges.

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  1. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Samuel Kai Wah Chu

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Rebecca B. Reynolds

  3. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Nicole J. Tavares

  4. University of Teacher Education, Bern, Switzerland

    Michele Notari

  5. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Celina Wing Yi Lee

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Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M., Lee, C.W.Y. (2017). Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China: Inquiry Project-Based and Collaborative Teaching/Learning Supported by Wiki. In: 21st Century Skills Development Through Inquiry-Based Learning. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2481-8_3

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