Training Secondary School Teachers In 21st-Century Skills: A Systematic Review
Training Secondary School Teachers In 21st-Century Skills: A Systematic Review
Author(s): Nirmala Sebastin Horta, Anjali Majumdar, Anuradha Sathiyaseelan, G S PrakashaSubject(s): Education, Education and training, Pedagogy
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: 21st-century skills; intervention; systematic review; school teachers; teacher training
Summary/Abstract: The present study on systematic literature review aimed to identify the studies on secondary school teachers training in developing 21st-century skills. Teaching skills in the recent decades underwent multidimensional changes and teacher training pertaining these changes are less visible in academia. Thus, present study aimed to review the studies on teacher training for 21st-century skills between 2007 and 2024. The study reviewed articles from Scopus, Eric, and EBSCO databases utilising PRISMA framework and analysed the same using JBI appraisal tool. The findings revealed from the finally obtained 31 articles that, teachers were trained on problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, information and technology integration skills using various strategies. The reviews highlighted the importance of developing a training to support skills of 21st-century based on constructivist and experiential theories. Further studies may focus on enhancing such training to a larger scale and to hold quality training hours.
Journal: TEM Journal
- Issue Year: 15/2026
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1635-1645
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
