21^st Century Skills

What are the STEM skills and traits that students need?

Successful STEM students have these traits and need to be:

• Self-Reliant: able to take risks, make informed decisions, develop self confidence and work within specific time frames while setting their own agendas.
• Logical Thinkers: able to use the logic and make connections to influence perspectives of natural phenomena.
• Problem-Solvers: able to frame and apply understanding and learning to novel situations.
• Innovators: able to carry out independent and original investigation using the design and scientific processes.
• Technologically Literate: able to understand the nature of technology and apply its use appropriately.
• Communicators: able to understand and use the STEM lexicon that supports the bridge between STEM education in the school, workplace, and everyday life.
• Socially and Culturally Literate: able to relate to their own culture and history and apply their understanding of the past to the future.