Learners’ perspective: 21st century essential fluencies

Abstract

The environment we live in is constantly changing and the ability to stay ahead of time is part of one’s survival. Educators of today face the challenging need to adapt their pedagogical approaches to meet the needs of their 21st century learners. It is imperative to know the value placed by learners towards the 21st century skills and knowledge to better understand them and their learning behaviour. Through this, educators are able to tailor educational needs to meet future needs of both learner and society. The quantitative study was conducted with 197 pre- university students at a private university in Malaysia. Two instruments were used to design the questionnaire for the study: “What We Educators Get Wrong about 21st- Century Learning: Results of a Survey by Mishra and Mehta (2016) and “How Do Students Value the Importance of Twenty-first Century Skills?” by Ahonen and Kinnunen (2015). The result of the study shed insights on emerging trends of the evolving society and technology and this would be vital for educators to stay relevant in educating the future workforce.