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The 21ST Centry Skills Employed in Teaching Basic Education Curriculum
The 21ST Centry Skills Employed in Teaching Basic Education Curriculum
5 AND 6
TEACHERS IN TEACHING BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
( K TO 12 ) IN MIDSAYAP SOUTH DISTRICT
THESIS PROPOSAL
BY
LORNA C. IRAG
DECEMBER, 2018
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Nations) 2015 concepts challenged the Ministries of Education to adopt change and innovations
to meet the global standard. To respond to the challenge, the 1996 Philippine hosting of Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), provided education as one of the areas emphasized in
eco-tech cooperation to pursue the ASEAN dream of prosperous community where equitable
growth is an avowed goal (Macaranas, 2014). With the current significant developments,
facilitate the development of 21st Century skills of Southeast Asian Teachers. The theme of this
opportunity is Gearing Up Responsible and Outstanding Teachers in Southeast Asia for the 21 st
Century. This updated the teachers with the current educational issues required for them to
learn and implement as 21st Century educators and develop 21 st Century learners (GURO
21,2011).
In addition, the new knowledge, skills and values needed to strengthen to meet the
standard are the the 21st Century Teacher as a Subject Matter Expert, Facilitator of Learning and
Classroom Manager. The teachers are developed to acquire 21st Century literacy which include
the Arts and Creativity, Ecoliteracy, Cyber literacy, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy,
The characteristics expected to see in a successful 21st century educator are exhibited by
the Eight Habits namely: Adapting where the 21st century educator must be able to adapt the
curriculum and the requirements to teach to the curriculum in imaginative ways; Being visionary
where imagination is a crucial component of the educator of today and tomorrow. They must
look across the disciplines and through the curricula; they must see the potential in the emerging
tools and Web technologies, grasp these and manipulate them to serve their needs.;
captivate the learners, must be collaborators in sharing, contributing, adapting and inventing.;
Taking risks , there’s so much to learn and an educator should know all these things by taking
risks and sometimes surrender to the students’ knowledge should have a vision of what to want
and what the technology can achieve, identify the goals and facilitate the learning.; Learning,
students are expected to be life-long learners. Teachers, must continue to absorb experiences and
knowledge, as well, must endeavour to stay current and must learn and adapt as the horizons and
landscapes change; Communicating, the teacher must be anywhere and anytime. The 21st
century teacher is fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration.;
Modelling behaviour, it is expected that teachers will teach values, must model the behaviors
that are expected from the students. The 21st century educator also models tolerance, global
awareness, and reflective practice, whether it’s the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching
and learning, or through blogs, twitter and other media, effective educators look both inwards
and outwards.; and Leading , whether teachers are champion of the process of ICT integration,
a quiet technology coach, the 21st century educator is a leader. Like clear goals and objectives,
leadership is crucial to the success or failure of any project GURO 21, 2011).
standard of quality education and produce quality outcome. The skills required from the 21 st
century educators are needed to provide the 21st century learners with required competence
The Division of Cotabato is implementing the development of 21st century skills among
the teachers that are needed to produce the quality learners who developed skills, capacities
and acquire opportunities for successful future career. However, the query that may arise is
what is the gap in the characteristics of teachers related to 21st century skills in teaching basic
education by the teachers in Midsayap South District to cope with the required standard.
This study will identify the 21 st Century skills characterized by the Grade 5 and 6
teachers in teaching basic education curriculum ( Kto 12) in Midsayap South District.
1. What is the profile of the of Grade 5 and 6 teachers in Midsayap South District in
terms of
a. sex
b. Age
c. teaching experience
d. educational attainment
2. What 21st century skills are characterized by by Grade 5 and 6 teachers in teaching
a. adapting
b. being visionary
c. collaborating
d. taking risks
f. communicating
g. modelling behaviour
e. leading
3. What is the contribution of 21st century skills characterized by the Grade 5 and 6 teachers
in pupils learning?
the Grade 5 and 6 teachers in teaching Basic Education Curriculum in the learning of pupils
when grouped by
a. sex
b. age
c. teaching experience
d. educational attainment
Hypotheses:
attainment..
DepEd . For the DepEd to gain baseline data pertaining to the characterization of the
21st century skills of teachers in the DepEd and the contribution to the learning of pupils to
plan out for the program to strengthen the teachers competencies in using 21st century skills
in teaching.
Administrators. To the result may provide basis for the administrators to conduct
Future researchers. The result of this study will serve as the reference of future related
studies.
CHAPTER 2
education and skills to give clarity of the topics covered in this study.
The 21st Century Teacher The 21st Century teacher looks forward to the future and aware
of the ever-changing trends in technology and are in tune of what the future may bring to
education. A good 21s century teacher is aware of the career opportunities that will be in the
coming years for their students, and are always advocating towards forward thinking and
planning to ensure all students will not be left behind. Lastly, the 21st Century Educator must
use teaching strategies to ensure that the focus in education is on preparing today’s children for
the future of where these children will live and where they will work, not for or current world
(Cox, 2011).
The characteristics of the 21st Century Teacher includes the following: facilitate and
inspire student learning and creativity so that all students achieve in the global society; enable
students students to maximize the potential of their formal and informal learning experiences;
Facilitate learning in multiple modalities; work as effective members of learning teams; use the
full range of digital-age tools to improve student engagement and achievement; work with the
students to co-create new learning opportunities; use data to support student learning and
program improvements; be lifelong learners; be global educators and work with policy leaders
Twenty –First (21st) Century Skills are 12 abilities that today’s students need to succeed
in their careers during the information age. These skills are: critical thinking, creativity,
literacy, flexibility, leadership, initiative, productivity and social skills what are the 21 st century
In addition, Zook (2011) said that each 21 st century skill is broken into one of the three
categories: learning skills, literacy skills, and life skills. Learning skills (four C’s) teaches
students about mental processes required to adapt and improve upon a modern work
environment. While the Literacy skills (IMT) focuses on how students can discern facts,
publishing outlets, and the technology behind them. There’s a strong focus on determining
trustworthy sources and factual information to separate it from the misinformation that floods
the Internet. In the case of Life skills (PLIPS) take a look at intangible elements of a student’s
everyday life. These intangibles focus on both personal and professional qualities. All together
the the categories cover all 21st century skills that contribute to a student’s future career .
The category one on learning skills have four C’s which are critical thinking : finding
solutions to problems, creativity: thinking outside the box, collaboration: working with others
and communication: talking to others. Critical thinking is the most important quality for
someone to have in health sciences, business settings which is essential to improvement and
helps student figure stuff out for themselves when they do not have a teacher at their disposal.
For creativity, it is equally important as a means of adaptation. The skills empowers students to
se concepts in a different light which lead to innovation. While in collaboration means getting
students to work together, achieve compromises, and get the best possible results from solving
a problem. Finally, communication is the glue that brings all of these educational qualities
crucial for students to learn how to effectively convey ideas among different personality types.
Furthermore, Zook (2011) identified the Literacy skills category of 21sr Century skills.
the are called IMT skills and each concerned with different element in digital comprehension.
This category includes information literacy: Understanding facts, figures, statistics and data,
Media Literacy: Understanding the methods and outlets in which information is published, and
Technology Literacy: Understanding the machines that make the information age possible.
These literacies have specific descriptions. For information literacy, it is the foundational skill
that helps students understand facts, especially data points that they will encounter online and
teaches how to separate fact from fiction. Media literacy is the practice of identifying
publishing methods, outlets, and sources while distinguishing between the ones that are
credible and the ones that are not. While technology literacy goes another step further to teach
students about the machines involved in the information age. As computers, cloud
programming, and mobile devices become more important to the world, the world needs more
people to understand those concepts. Technology literacy give students the basic information
they need to understand what gadgets perform what tasks and why.
On the other hand, Zook (2011) further discussed about Life skills category which is the
final category also called FLIPS. These skills all pertains to someone’s personal life, but they
also bleed into professional settings. FILPFS are flexibility: deviating from plans as needed,
leadership: motivating a team to accomplish a goal, initiative: starting projects, strategies, and
plans on one’s own, productivity: maintaining efficiency in an age of distractions and social
skills: meeting and networking with others for mutual benefits. It is further described that
flexibility is the expression of someone’s ability to adapt o changing circumstances. This is the
most challenging qualities to learn for students because it is based on two uncomfortable ideas
which are: “your way is not always the best way and you have to know and admit when you are
wrong”. In the case of Leadership , it is someone’s penchant for setting goals, walking a team
through the steps required, and achieving those goals collaboratively. For initiative, this is
described as the basis of true success requiring students to be self-starters. Initiative only
comes naturally to a handful of people that results to students need to learn it to fully succeed.
Lastly, social skills which are crucial to the ongoing success of a professional. This may have
been implied in past generations, the rise of social media and instant communications have
The 21st century educator exhibit characteristics and applicable teaching strategies. The
21st century educator looks forward to the future and aware of the ever changing trends in
technology and are in tune of what the future may bring to education. A good 21st century
teacher is aware of the career opportunities that will be in the coming years for their students.
And are always advocating towards forward thinking and planning to ensure all students will
not be left behind. The 21st century educator must use teaching strategies to ensure that the
focus in education is on preparing today’s children for the future of where they will live and
where they will work. Teaching strategies include a) the technology in the classroom which is
ever-changing and moving at a rapid pace. The 21st century teacher is one that moves right
along with it. This strategy on technology in the classroom, whether for lessons, assignments,
or grading, can help students learn better and faster, and help make a teacher’s time more
effective. b) Collaborative-an effective 21st century educator must be able to collaborate and
work well in a team. c) adaptive- a 21st century teacher is able to adapt to whatever comes their
way. Teaching is a career that has pretty much stayed the same over the fast decades. They
must be able to adapt their teaching style to include different modes of learning, adapt when the
lesson fails, and adapt to new technology. d) Lifelong learning. A 21st century educator is a
The National Training of Trainers(2014) emphasized the 21st Century skills categories are
communication skills, learning and innovation skills, information, media and technology skills
and life and career skills . The effective communication skills are identified as : teaming,
communication .While the learning Innovation Skills (3Cs) are creativity, curiosity , critical
On the other hand, the life and career skills are identified as flexibility and adaptability,
productivity and accountability, ethical, moral and spiritual values. Information, media and
technology skills include visual and information literacies, media literacy and basic, scientific
and economic and technological literacies . Further, visual literacy are focused on the ability to
interpret, make meaning from information presented in the form of an image. And the ability to
evaluate, apply, or create conceptual visual presentations. For information literacy it is the
ability to identify what information is needed, identify the best sources, evaluate the sources
critically, and share that information and is most essential in the conduct of research. In case of
scientific literacy includes encompasses written, numerical, and digital literacy as they pertain
to understanding science , its methodology, observations, and theories. Also, it is the knowledge
and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making,
participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity (The National Training of
Trainers, 2014) .
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