Teaching and Learning 21st-Century Skills - 9789819559961

Teaching and Learning 21st-Century SkillsCollaboration and Communication in Formal and Informal Educational Settings\nAuthor(s): Robyn M. Gillies\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore\nImprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore\nISBN-13: 9789819559961, 978-9819559961\nSynopsis\nThis book coalesces research conducted internationally that demonstrates how students benefit from interacting with others. It also showcases how different technological advances, including digitized tools, hybrid presentations, and technological platforms enable synchronous and asynchronous communications that help students to co-construct knowledge and understandings to learn. It brings together leading international researchers to profile new pedagogical developments in academic talk and how these practices have been implemented in different learning environments. The various chapters capture the complementarity of the key twenty-first century skills of collaboration and communication.