Transversal skills describe a broad spectrum of skills that are considered to be essential for thriving in today’s society and tackling the challenges of the twenty-first century. Therefore, a high demand is placed on educators to teach these skills to their students. Unfortunately, the conceptualization of transversal skills remains vague with different frameworks reporting on various transversal skills, which complicates a translation of these skills into educational practice and research, thereby making them a “blind spot” in psychological research and educational practice. This paper brings the blind spot on transversal skills to a direct focus. First, we propose a conceptualization of transversal skills through a review and integration of existing frameworks. We organize transversal skills into four core concepts: cognitive skills (e.g., creativity and problem-solving), citizenship (e.g., democratic participation and respect), well-being (e.g., mental and physical health), and social-emotional skills (e.g., collaboration and communication). Second, we highlight possible ways to implement these core concepts into educational practice by providing specific examples on how to integrate specific skills into five subjects: language, mathematics, science, social studies, and arts and music. Third, a research agenda is proposed that considers the structure and underlying processes of transversal skills, their development and interventions at different stages, their predictive validity for success, and cultural differences and diversity.

横向技能描述了广泛的技能，这些技能被认为对于在当今社会中蓬勃发展和应对 21 世纪的挑战至关重要。因此，对教育工作者向学生传授这些技能的要求很高。不幸的是，横向技能的概念化仍然模糊不清，不同的框架报告了各种横向技能，这使得将这些技能转化为教育实践和研究变得复杂，从而使它们成为心理学研究和教育实践中的“盲点”。本文直接关注横向技能的盲点。首先，我们通过对现有框架的审查和整合，提出了横向技能的概念化。我们将横向技能分为四个核心概念：认知技能（例如，创造力和解决问题）、公民身份（例如，民主参与和尊重）、幸福感（例如，身心健康）和社会情感技能（例如，协作和沟通）。其次，我们通过提供有关如何将特定技能整合到五个学科中的具体示例，强调了将这些核心概念实施到教育实践中的可能方法：语言、数学、科学、社会研究以及艺术和音乐。第三，提出了一个研究议程，考虑了横向技能的结构和基本过程、它们在不同阶段的发展和干预、它们对成功的预测有效性以及文化差异和多样性。