Abstract
21st Century skills have become a popular term as a way of indicating the need to respond to the changing economic, social and cultural context of today. But in reviewing the different ways in which the term is promoted and used, this chapter will suggest that the dominant discourse around it implies a lack of engagement with the social, economic and cultural context of globalisation. It above all implies an acceptance of, and working within, the dominant neo-liberal discourse. The chapter will conclude by suggesting why the term ‘global skills’ is more appropriate because it locates the debates on skills within and responding to the challenges of globalisation.
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Bourn, D. (2018). From 21st Century Skills to Global Skills. In: Understanding Global Skills for 21st Century Professions. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97655-6_4
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