What should students learn in the 21st century?
Charles Fadel
Founder of the Center for Curriculum Redesign
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Location: 3-133
Abstract: The last major changes to curriculum took place in the late 1800’s as a response to the sudden growth in societal and human capital needs. Technology is now deeply affecting employability via automation and offshoring, so education standards need to be deeply redesigned for the four dimensions of (relevant) Knowledge, Skills, Character, and Metacognition. Adapting to 21st century needs means revisiting each dimension and the interplay between them.
Charles Fadel is founder of the Center for Curriculum Redesign, and author of best-seller “21st century skills”. After two decades in ICT (semiconductors, systems), he is now a visiting lecturer at Harvard and MIT. He holds a BSEE, an MBA, and has been awarded five patents.
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