Adult Learning and 21st Century Skills

Adult Learning and 21st Century Skills

1 Adult Learning Issues and Contexts

  1. Democracy, Development, and Peaceful Living
  2. Emerging Market Demands for New Skills
  3. Problems of Democratizing Access to Learning Resources
  4. Sustainable Learning for Living and Working
  5. Emerging Issues in Adult Learning

2 Cultural Citizenship in the 21st Century

  1. Cultural Citizenship of Diverse Groups
  2. Multicultural Citizenship
  3. LGBTQIA2S: Problems and Issues
  4. Action Forward

3 Critical Thinking

  1. Essence of Critical Thinking
  2. Skills-Set Needed for Critical Thinking Among Adults
  3. Principles of Critical Thinking for Adult Learners
  4. Reasoning and Finding Solutions to Problems

4 Creativity

  1. Aspects/Components of Creativity
  2. Creativity: Thinking Beyond and Outside the Box
  3. Types of Creativity: Exploratory, Transformational, and Combinational
  4. Requisite Elements

5 Collaboration

  1. Concept and Importance of Collaboration
  2. Working with Others
  3. Maintaining Communication in Teamwork
  4. Respecting Diversity in the Workplace
  5. Culture of Collaboration and Building Trust

6 Communication

  1. Concept of Communication
  2. Importance of Communication
  3. Communication Process
  4. Channels and Modes of Communication
  5. Global Communication / Social Media
  6. Types of Communication
  7. Skills of Overcoming the Barriers to Communication
  8. Effective Steps for Successful Communication

7 Information Literacy

  1. Concept of Information Literacy
  2. Contexts of Information Literacy
  3. Teaching-Learning Contexts for Information Literacy
  4. Significance of Information Literacy
  5. Elements and Process of Information Literacy
  6. Information Literacy Skills/Abilities

8 Media Literacy

  1. Media Literacy: Origin, Concept, Media, Methods and Models
  2. Media Literacy Skills, Abilities and Competencies
  3. How to Practice Media Literacy? Elements and Approaches

9 Technology Literacy

  1. Concept and Components of Technology Literacy
  2. Basic Skills Required to become Technology Literate
  3. Emerging Technologies
  4. Digital Literacy Skills
  5. Independent Research
  6. Familiarity with Terms and Common Platforms
  7. Understand Cyber Crimes
  8. Collaboration and Adaption of New Technology

10 Flexibility

  1. Types of Flexibility Skills in Workplace
  2. Dealing and Coping with Unexpected Problems and Tasks
  3. Bending Without Breaking
  4. Essential Aspects of Flexibility
  5. Thinking Quickly to Respond to Sudden Changes
  6. Dealing with Changing Priorities/Workloads

11 Leadership

  1. Goal Setting
  2. Motivating a Team to Accomplish a Goal
  3. Delegation
  4. Relationship Building
  5. Decision Making
  6. Communication
  7. Agility and Adaptability
  8. Time Management
  9. Problem Solving

12 Initiative

  1. Initiative: Meaning and Relevance in the Context of Life Skills
  2. Independently Engaging with Ideas, People, and Experiences
  3. Seizing the Potential of an Idea and Taking Action
  4. Starting Projects, Strategies, and Plans on Oneโ€™s Own

13 Productivity

  1. Productivity: Concept, Factors and Measures
  2. Skills of Productivity and Maintaining Efficiency
  3. Economic Literacy, Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship

14 Social Skills

  1. Self-Awareness
  2. Empathy
  3. Effective Communication
  4. Interpersonal Relationship
  5. Behaving in Social Situations

15 Emotional Skills

  1. Concept and Types of Emotion
  2. Relationship among Emotions, Thoughts, and Behaviour
  3. Emotional Skills
  4. Emotional Intelligence
  5. Stress: Nature, Types, and Sources
  6. Emotional Competence and Coping with Stress

16 Developing Life Skills- Methods and Techniques

  1. Concept and Types of Life Skills
  2. How Adults Learn Life Skills
  3. Methods and Techniques of Developing Life Skills
  4. Traditional Methods and Techniques
  5. Advanced Methods and Techniques

17 Promoting Non-Cognitive Skills

  1. Types of Non-Cognitive Skills: Their Significance in Democracy, Development, and Peaceful Living
  2. Conscientiousness
  3. Perseverance
  4. Methods of Promoting Non-Cognitive Skills
  5. Role Plays

18 Skilling India- National Skill Development Mission

  1. Concept of Skill Development
  2. National Skill Development Mission: Objectives and Strategy
  3. Re-skilling and Up-skilling
  4. Career and Employability Skills
  5. Life Skills Education for Different Target Groups

19 Skilling Youth in the Context of India’s Development

  1. Youth and Work Paradigm: A Perspective
  2. Education for Improving Skills and Enhancing Living Standards
  3. Self-Employment Opportunities for Youth
  4. Entrepreneurship and Promotional Opportunities for Youth
  5. Emerging Areas of Employment
  6. Small and Village Industriesโ€™ Products