I've had this on my desktop for the last week or so as I've mulled it over. It's a product of a group called Canadians for 21st Century Learning & Innovation (C21 Canada). Mostly, they represent publishers, with some contributions form academia and partnerships from industry. This presentation comes in two parts: first, what they call "the C21 Canada 7Cs competencies" (creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, character, culture, and computer); and second, a set of "system drivers for scaling innovation", which includes statements about curriculum, pedagogy, governance and more where the emphasis is on "shared responsibility". There's not a lot I like about this overall approach, but people should be aware it exists, because I've seen similar efforts elsewhere. Efforts to shape the attitudes and beliefs of a population are very rarely benign, and in my experience come at the expense of social agency and empowerment.
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