Table 4 Competencies system (OECD, 2019a, b)
Competency dimension | Descriptions |
|---|---|
Foundational Literacies | The competencies that serve as foundations for advanced learning, include literacy, numeracy, ICT literacy/digital literacy, data literacy, and physical/health literacy |
Skills, Attitudes, and Values | The specific skills, attitudes, and values that students require to flourish and shape the world, include critical thinking, problem-solving, cooperation/collaboration, self-regulation/self-control, empathy, persistence/resilience, respect, trust, and learning to learn |
Key concepts | The capacity and propensity to take purposeful initiative with the influence of teachers, peers, families and communities, which is called student agency and co-agency |
Transformative Competencies and Competency Development | The essential competencies to adapt to the complex and uncertain society for a brighter future and required for fostering student agency, including creating new value, taking responsibility, reconciling dilemmas and tensions, anticipation, action, and reflection |
Compound competencies | The competencies necessary for individual, societal, and environmental wellness, include global competency, media literacy, literacy for sustainable development, computational thinking/coding/programming, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship |