Handbook of Research on Barriers for Teaching 21st-Century Competencies and the Impact of Digitalization

Handbook of Research on Barriers for Teaching 21st-Century Competencies and the Impact of Digitalization

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Release Date: June, 2021|Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 468
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6967-2
ISBN13: 9781799869672|ISBN10: 1799869679|EISBN13: 9781799869696
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The need to develop 21st-century competencies has received global recognition, but instructional methods have not been reformed to include the teaching of these skills. Multiple frameworks include creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration as the foundational competencies. Complexities of planning curriculum and delivering instruction to develop the foundational competencies requires professional training. However, despite training, instructional practice can be impacted by barriers caused by personal views of teachers, economic constraints, access to resources, social challenges, pandemic, overwhelming pace of global shifts, and other influences. With digitalization entering the field of education, it is unclear if technology has helped in removing or eliminating the barriers or has, itself, become another obstruction in integrating the competencies. Gaining an educator's perspective is essential to understanding the barriers as well as solutions to mitigate the impediments through innovative instructional methods being practiced across the globe via digital or non-digital platforms. The need for original contributions from educators exists in this area of barriers to 21st-century education and the role of digitalization.

The Handbook of Research on Barriers for Teaching 21st-Century Competencies and the Impact of Digitalization discusses teaching the 21st-century competencies, namely critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. This book presents both the problems or gaps causing barriers and brings forth practical solutions, digital and non-digital, to meet the educational shifts. The chapters will determine the specific barriers that exist, whether political, social, economic, or technological, to integrating competencies and the methods or strategies that can eliminate these barriers through compatible instructional approaches. Additionally, the chapters provide knowledge on the impacts of digitalization in general on teaching and learning and how digital innovations are either beneficial to removing impediments for students or rather causing obstructions in integrating the four competencies. This book is ideally intended for educators and administrators working directly with students, educational researchers, educational software developers, policymakers, teachers, practitioners, and students interested in how 21st-century competencies can be taught while facing the impacts of digitalization on education.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Assistive Technology
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Creativity
  • Critical Thinking
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Digitalization of Education
  • Educational Frameworks
  • Educational Policy
  • Educational Technology
  • Emergency Remote Learning
  • Instructional Methods
  • Meaningful Learning
  • Online Learning
  • Professional Development
  • Transferable Skills
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Harpreet Kaur Dhir has worked in the field of education in a variety of roles. Having taught K-8, educators have gained from her experience in M.A. and doctoral courses. She holds B.A. in Multiple Subjects with a minor in English from University of Redlands, M.A. from California Polytechnic University, Pomona in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Design-Based Learning, and an Ed.D from American College of Education in Educational Leadership with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction. Her research interest centers around the compatible instructional methods suitable to develop 21st-century competencies including creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication (the four Cs) and has authored three book chapters in this area of study. She is a member of an international honor society, Kappa Delta Pi. Dr. Dhir has been recognized as a Teacher of the Year at her local school and by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Youth Foundation. She is a recipient of Leadership in Education award from California Polytechnic University, Pomona.

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