Drive your career forward

What you will learn

• Synthesize and apply your new knowledge by transforming a curricular artifact of your own, whether it be an entire course syllabus or a lesson plan or activity for a single class.
• Understand key principles of instructional design and learning theory — with emphasis on the concept of “skills as cultural models” — and how to structure a course syllabus and/or individual lesson plans to emphasize the four skills.
• Develop a working knowledge of and critical outlook on the theories and arguments behind 21st-century skills and graduate employability.
• Develop an appreciation for the ways that culture, class and other forms of student identity and experience impact how students define and use particular skills — and implications of this for your own classroom teaching.
• Understand the theory and research supporting each of the four skills and the different ways they can be taught in colleges, universities and adult education settings.

Courses in this program