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21st Century Learning and Workforce Readiness

Both the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards are moving towards producing art standards that support 21st century instruction.   These standards will provide us with concrete examples of ways the arts an be integrated with core curriculum subjects.
The National Core Arts Standards matrix integrates the process, skills and knowledge, assessments, and criteria in to a single structure that spans Pre-K - 12 and is aligned to the philosophical foundations, lifelong goals, artistic processes, creative processes, anchor and performance standards.  
The 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts was created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.  It shows the integration between 21st century skills and the arts.  Skills include:
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving   
  • Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Innovation
  • Information & Media Literacy
  • Information, Communication & Technology Literacy
  • Flexibility & Adaptability
  • Initiative & Self-Direction
  • Social & Cross-cultural Skills
  • Productivity & Accountability
  • Leadership & Responsibility
  • Interdisciplinary Themes
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Standards developed by the National Coalition for Core Arts
The National Core Arts Standards is a conceptual framework for arts learning. It is currently being developed with an emphasis on the process-oriented nature of the arts and arts learning that guide the continuous and systematic operations of instructional improvement by:
  • Defining artistic literacy that clarify long-term expectations.
  • Placing Artistic Processes and Anchor Standards at the forefront.
  • Identifying Creative Practices as the bridge for the Artistic Processes.
  • Specifying Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions and articulate value across the arts discipline.
  • Embedding assessments of student learning aligned to the Artistic Processes.
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Advancing Arts Education in the 21st Century