skills needed in the 21st Century

 

Monticello College has a list of skills needed in the 21st century.  I think it is a good list.

skills needed in the 21^st Century*:

• The ability to define problems without a guide.
• The ability to ask hard questions which challenge prevailing assumptions.
• The ability to quickly assimilate needed data from masses of irrelevant information.
• The ability to work in teams without a guide.
• The ability to work absolutely alone.
• The ability to persuade others that your course is the right one.
• The ability to conceptualize and reorganize information into new patterns.
• The ability to discuss ideas with an eye toward application.
• The ability to think inductively, deductively and dialectically.
• The ability to think, speak, and write clearly.
• The ability to judge what it means to understand something thoroughly.
• Familiarity with different modes of thought (including quantitative, historical, scientific, and aesthetic).
• Depth of knowledge in a particular field and how it relates to other fields.
• The ability to pursue life-long learning.
• The ability to understand human nature and lead accordingly.
• The ability to identify needed personal traits and turn them into habits.

        *As outlined in A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille pages 118-123

 

So how do we develop these skills in our young adults at home?