To What Extent Does the Developed Curriculum (Jordan High Note) for the Eleventh Academic Grade Take into Account 21st Century Skills

Abstract

Curriculum plays a vital role in the learning teaching process. It is an effective tool for promoting 21st century skills among the students by equipping them with these skills which enable them to perform effectively and appropriately within a global committee of English speakers.  This study aims to provide an in- depth description of the inclusion of 21st century skills in the English developed curriculum “Jordan High Note” in its trial version for the first semester in Jordan for the Eleventh Academic grade, which consists of five units. The qualitative descriptive analytical approach was adapted, and a content analysis tool has been designed. It consisted of (46) items that symbolized the 21st century skills and represented the main domains: Learning & Innovation skills, Information, Media and Technology skills, and Life & career skills. The finding showed that the exercises which presented 21st century skills were to a great extent to Learning & Innovation skills (the 5Cs) then moderate to Life & Career and the least to Information, Media & Technology skills via English skills. It is suggested that future revisions should encourage students to use ICT effectively inside & outside the school by including more exercises related to these skills. Moreover, including more technology-based activities by including exercises guiding students towards filming, designing PowerPoint presentations and integrating Artificial Intelligence tools such as Canva, NotebookLM,..etc. in order to align with the 21st century skills.