Non-innate capabilities that can be learned and transmitted, and have economic or social benefits to both individuals and their societies.
UNESCO. 2018. Global Education Monitoring Report, 2019: Migration, Displacement and Education: Building Bridges, Not Walls. Paris: UNESCO.
Saavedra and Opfer (2012) argue that learners must hone their skills and enhance their learning as a matter of urgency to be able to address persistent global challenges. However, in spite of worldwide agreement that learners need skills such as critical thinking and the ability to communicate effectively, innovate and solve problems through negotiation and collaboration, pedagogy has not adapted to address these new challenges (UNESCO, 2015:2).
Cynthia Luna Scott. 2015. THE FUTURES of LEARNING 3: What kind of pedagogies for the 21st century? UNESCO Education Research and Foresight, Paris. [ERF Working Papers Series, No. 15]