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

Abstract

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.