21ST CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS : CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS OF BUDDHISM

Abstract

This academic article has two objectives: 1) to study the essential learning management skills of the 21^st century and 2) to present the concept of the 21^st century learning management skills for the Buddhism teaching teachers. 

          The study found that the 21^st century learning skills consist of 3 major skills, namely, life and work skills, learning and innovation skills, and information skills. In summary, they consist of 3Rs, 8Cs, and 2Ls. The concept of the 21^st Century Learning Management Skills for the concept of the enlightened system and Threefold Training to develop various skills based on the processes of Yonisomanasikāra and Paratoghosa. The teaching methods are to be capable of integrating the 21^st century skills, tools and strategies into classroom practice. For example, the teaching and learning focused on a project or demonstrating real knowledge. The other 21^st century skills can also be added such as problem solution skill, critical thinking skill, and so on. The professionals in the community can also be the learning resource for the teachers in the 21^st century. They can form the best kind of the classroom learning. The promotion of the 21^st Century skills for students and the development of the ability to identify themselves by teachers based on learning styles, especially knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the students can help teachers develop the ability to use various strategies (such as assessment of the teaching and learning) for diversity of the students and create environments supporting the difference between instructing and learning to get ready for the continuous evaluation of skill development of the 21^st Century students. It promotes interpersonal knowledge exchange among practitioners by face-to-face, and virtual and mixed communication using the uniformity model and the sustainability of professional development.