The Characteristics of the 21st Century Learners of Walailak University Graduates in the Academic Year 2020-2021
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A study of “The Characteristics of the 21st century Learners of Walailak University Graduates in The Academic Year 2020-2021” was aimed to 1) Analyse expectations and perceptions of the characteristics of learners in the 21st century, 2) Analyse the factors that affect to the characteristics of graduates in the 21st century. We found that: graduates had high expectations of the characteristics of learners in the 21st century, both in Knowledge skills (3R), Soft skills (8C) and overall. However, they had a perception of the characteristics of 21st century learners in Knowledge skills (3R) and overall at a high level. Meanwhile, they perceive soft skills (8C) to be very high. However, they had a very high perception of 4 aspects arranged in order as follows: 1) Collaboration, Teamwork, and Leadership, 2) Compassion, 3) Cross-cultural, and 4) Career and learning self-reliance. It was found that graduates have perception of the characteristics of learners in the 21st century in 4 aspects at a high level arranged in order as follows: 1) Communication, Information, and Media Literacy, 2) Computing and ICT literacy 3) Critical thinking and Problem-solving and 4) Creativity and Innovation. The perception of factors affect to the characteristics of learners in the 21st century of graduates with different major groups affected their perception of the characteristics of learners in the 21st century in the different Knowledge skills (3R). The five predictive variables together accounted for 63.9% of the characteristics of 21st century learners, including both knowledge skills and soft skills.
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