Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa (Jan 2023)

Educational Communities’ Perceptions of the Stimulation of 21st-Century Skills

  • Ignacio Javier Salamanca Garay ,
  • María Graciela Badilla Quintana

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24320/redie.2023.25.e03.4326
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25
pp. 1 – 11

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This paper describes how educational communities perceive the stimulation of 21st-century skills in students. A quantitative approach was employed, following a descriptive non-experimental research design, with a sample of 692 subjects comprising teachers, students, and parents and guardians. The results reveal a perceived lack of stimulation of digital skills like robotics, electronics, and the development of mobile applications; social skills like taking a rights-based or gender-based approach; emotional skills like self-care and resilience; and cognitive skills like creative and computational thinking. In conclusion, educational communities exhibit only a moderate perception of the stimulation of 21st-century skills, which demonstrates a need to strengthen initiatives to promote these skills in the education system.

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