Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/21st century skills


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 11:16, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

21st century skills

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Although this article is well-sourced in the sense of being reference-bombed, it does not make the case that independent reliable sources find the concept of twenty-first century skills to be notable. (The first three references, which are the ones for the name, are not in major publications but are just on web sites.) This article appears to be part of a walled garden that appears to be advertising something, maybe just advertising a style of thinking about thinking.

This paper is annoyingly overlinked in a way that seems to be trying to impress the reader with how many ideas there are behind it, but it isn't clear that it is any particular set of ideas. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:08, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:13, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:14, 19 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep As we are now in the 21st century, it is obvious that educators and students have some interest in teaching and learning skills which will be relevant in the coming years. These may be somewhat different from those of previous centuries because of technological change which has generated new subjects and new priorities.  I suppose that we have many topics which touch on this under various titles but the title in question seems a reasonable one as there are several books which have a similar title including the following.  The topic by this title is therefore notable and the rest is a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion per WP:ATD, WP:PRESERVE, WP:NOTCLEANUP, &c. Andrew D. (talk) 23:42, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Teaching 21st Century Skills
 * Assessing 21st Century Skills
 * 21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn
 * Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
 * 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times
 * Creativity for 21st Century Skills
 * Deeper Learning: Beyond 21st Century Skills
 * Transforming Learning Through 21st Century Skills
 * 21st Century Skills - Learning Communication & Teamwork
 * Digital Learning: Strengthening and Assessing 21st Century Skills


 * Strong Keep Not sure the nom understands this article. Many countries and institutions have education standards and those official standards are based on forward-looking criteria/skills. The article is a collection of those standards so we don't need to have 20 different articles. Common Core, SCANS, etc.. It's a lump vs split debate, but lumping in this case is better as it allows discussing them as a whole. The term "21st century skills" is a decent enough placeholder; feel free to RM if you think it should be something else but Andrew Davidson has demonstrated wide usage. -- Green  C  00:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included by Andrew Davidson in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:12, 20 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep This is a real thing given ample coverage. Any problems with the article should be discussed on its talk page and fixed.   D r e a m Focus  20:07, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - the article has some structural flaws (not a fan of the excessive laundry list of skills without critical analysis and with little context), but the broad discussion of this topic by various reputed organizations and publications indicates notability. GermanJoe (talk) 21:35, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - its not so bad and the sources show a depth of notability. Ordinary editing can fix its problems. The entire Common Core State Standards are based on this very topic! Bearian (talk) 21:25, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Sources show subject is WP:GNG  Lubbad85   (☎) 22:41, 24 April 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.