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SECTION TWO
Defining 21st Century Competencies
Fortunately, groups developing conceptualizations of 21st century skills have built sufficiently on each other’s ideas to avoid speaking a different language about
the same topic. . . . Each organization also introduces complementary ideas to the concept of 21st century skills. (Dede, 2010, pp. 72–73)
Groups like the OECD, the European Commission, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), and the U.S. National Research Council have brought rigour to the research and intellectual debate regarding 21st century competencies. There is considerable congruence among the various competency frameworks, indicating a degree of consensus among researchers in the field.
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