The Erasmus KA203 Project “WAVE-IT: Working Academics Value Excellence for International Teachers”, within the European Teacher network, aims to prepare European teachers to implement 21st century competences and skills in schools under the following objectives:
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, critical thinking will be an essential requirement for companies to recruit employees. Therefore, it is important to help workers develop this skill.
Literacy is considered as a key competence within the Framework for Lifelong Learning from the European Commission. Gaining the ability to read and write a variety of texts is essential in our current society, and therefore schools should focus on including literacy skills in their educational programs, both during primary and secondary levels.
The report “New Vision for Education” analysis research literature to define the 16 most critical “21st-century skills”.