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Overview of 2nd APEC Symposium on Education Reform: Themes and Goals 1985 Shanghai: Waiting for Phones 2007 China: 500 million Cell Phones Shanghai: Shanghai: 1985 2008 Chinese Education Growth: 1985-2002 • China’s Secondary Graduates • 1985: 128 million • 2002: 260 million • China’s Higher Education Graduates • 1985: 3.1 million • 2002: 13.4 million Changing Nature of Work Increases the Need for 21st Century Skills Preparation Source: Levy and Murnane (2004). The new division of labor. Russell Sage Foundation 4 In APEC and the world…trade spurs growth and growth spurs trade – and global job competitiveness Annual growth of real GDP per capita and real trade by size of economy, 1990–2004 Source: World Bank : World Development Indicators http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/Section6_1.htm 3 Today’s economy means multiple jobs and on-going development to build transferable skills and competencies 20th Century 21st Century Number of Jobs: 1 – 2 Jobs 10 – 15 Jobs Job Requirement: Mastery of One Field Critical Thinking Across Disciplines Teaching Model: Subject Matter Mastery Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject Matter Mastery Assessment Model: Subject Matter Mastery Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject Matter Mastery 5 Xi’an Symposium Framework 7 The content priority areas selected for the EDNET agenda are important because content knowledge matters: "I have never met the guy who doesn't know how to multiply who created software ... You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them." -- Bill Gates Source: http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/creative/quotes.php Math Competency Framework • Numbers • Geometry • Algebra • Statistics • Mathematics curiosity • Positive attitudes • Arithmetic fluency Concepts Routine skills Attitudes 21st Century higher- order skills • Non-routine problem-solving • Explaining solutions What the Xi’an Symposium Presentations Will Do • Introduce 21st Century competencies and skills for all • Provide policy findings • Compare standards and assessments • Illustrate these through case studies in APEC content priority areas • Present online learning tools to support teaching and learning in the priority areas 8 Symposium Breakout Sessions: Identify Priority Area Concerns and Initial Project Plans to Present at Peru Ministerial Priority Area Project Area Concerns Initial Project Planning Math/science CTE Language Learning ICT/Sytemic reform Standards Assessment Curriculum Teachers Policies Other Goals Methodology Results Resources Next Steps &Timeline Xi’an • Topic Leaders identify major concerns and initial project plans, as warranted Feb-March • Fill-in policy surveys • Analysis of concerns and development of project plans April HRD Philippines May • EDNET • Topic leaders finalizes list of finalize project Ministerial concerns and Presentations project plans, as warranted. June Peru Education Ministerial • Pre-Ministerial seminar • Ministers identify multiyear APEC agenda Together we can accomplish what none of us can accomplish alone: Even More Collaboration More More Collaboration Collaboration Collaboration