21st Century Skills Development Through Inquiry-Based Learning

Dr Chu, Associate Professor, is Head of Division of Information & Technology Studies and Deputy Director of Centre for Information Technology in Education at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. He has over 250 publications in the areas of IT in education, information and library science, school librarianship, academic librarianship and knowledge management. His over 40 projects have amounted to more than US$ 6 million in grant funding. He has received his Faculty's Outstanding Researcher Award and Knowledge Exchange Award. Dr Reynolds is Assistant  Professor in the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University, and faculty affiliate of Center for International Scholarship on School Librarianship. Her research addresses the development of e-learning systems for formal and informal learning in a broad range of affinity spaces.  Publishing in the fields of information science, educational technology and the learning sciences, she has grant funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and has received two faculty department awards. Miss Tavares is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong. She has published in the areas of 21st century skills learning, using educational technologies in promoting reading and writing, and social media in teacher professional development. She has received many awards in her teaching career, including her Faculty’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2016.Prof. Notari is a Professor at the Universityof Teacher Education in Bern, Switzerland and an honorary assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. He has published books and journal articles in the field of information technologies in education. Ms Lee is a secondary school English teacher in Hong Kong and a trained IB English Language and Literature teacher. She has published in the areas of 21st century skills learning, IT in education, and inquiry project based learning.

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• Part 1: 21st century skills education on the whole.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 21st century skills and global education roadmap.- Part 2: 21st century skills education: Plagiarism-free inquiry Pjbl in Asia, Europe and North America.- Chapter 3 21st century skills education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China: Inquiry project-based and collaborative teaching/learning supported by Wiki.- Chapter 4 21st century skills education in Switzerland: An example of project-based learning using Wiki in science education.- Chapter 5 21st century skills education in the U.S.: An example of an inquiry-based game design learning approach.- Part 3: 21st century skills education in schools.- Chapter 6 Teachers' professional development.- Chapter 7 Guides and suggestions for pedagogy implementation in classrooms.- Chapter 8 Assessment instruments for 21st century skills.- Chapter 9 Summary and conclusions.