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EDUC 10 - Building and Enhancing New Literacies
EDUC 10 - Building and Enhancing New Literacies
EDUC 10 - Building and Enhancing New Literacies
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• Increase Reach- We are communicating with
more people, from more diverse cultures,
WEEK NOS. 2-4: Introduction to 21st across vaster distances that ever before.
Century Literacies • Increased Means of Communication- We are
communicating in more ways and at faster
speeds than ever before.
“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” • Increased Breadth of Content-We are
-Kofi Annan communicating about more things than ever
Former UN Secretary General before.
It is imperative for teachers to educate their students on 2. Social Literacy-Explores the need for the
the new meaning of the word, literate and “to try new ability to navigate our own social networks.
things, and work with students to find where learning is
most comfortable for them to succeed” (Lynch, 2018). 3. Media Literacy- In an age where information
is power and where, having the right (and
Literacy is an ever-changing concept which people must wrong) information and the ability to
dedicate themselves to understanding in order to communicate it with others and use it to
become literate in the 21st century. address real world problems, easily spell the
difference both personal and career success
and failure.
A. Traditional Literacies: 4. Financial Literacy- This will help mitigate the
ever-widening gap between the rich and the
• Basic Literacy is the ability to read, write, listen, poor. It addresses the notorious problems of
speak, compute, and think strategically. short-sightedness regarding personal
finances.
• Comprehension Literacy is the ability to
understand the meaning of the written text or 5. Cyber/Digital Literacy- Explore the emerging
what is being read. need to locate verify, and ultimately manage
online information.
• Early Literacy is the development of skills
students need in order to transition from 6. Eco-Literacy and Artistic and Creative
learning to reading to learn. Literacy -Explore the emerging demands for
knowing how to effectively and sustainable
• Functional or Practical Literacy is the ability to manage the natural resources that our
read and write to perform everyday task. increased industrialization and demands for
productivity are so rapidly eating up. It also
explores how this increase in productivity also
“A significantly higher level of literacy which
brings with an increased demand for arts and
includes not only reading and writing skills but
aesthetics and the need to develop ways of
also numeracy skills. The skills must be
effectively communicating through the
sufficiently advanced to enable the individual to
creative arts in industries dominated by the
participate fully and efficiently in activities
objective data.
commonly occurring in his life situation that
require a reasonable capability of
7. Critical Literacy- Addresses the increasing
communicating by written language.”
need to discern the underlying messages
Source: https://psa.gov.ph/press-releases/id/163646
behind the new “text” of the 21st century,
particularly in an ever-increasing
Three things that have been critical in the rise of the multicultural society where ideas, cultures,
new literacies: and ideologies vie with another for power and
dominance in the minds of the masses.
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Features of 21st Century Learning and
• Technology provides teachers and students
Teaching (Bolstad, et.al, 2012)
with access to variety of educational resources
that promotes creativity, critical thinking,
Below are the seven features of 21st Century Learning
communication and collaboration.
1. Personalized learning
2. Equity, diversity, and inclusivity
• Teacher’s Professional Growth and
3. Learning through doing
Development. Teachers must sustain their
4. Changed role of the teacher
image as desirable and progressive members of
5. Community relationships
21st century academic community. They remain
6. Technology
passionate in knowing and discovering all the
7. Teacher professionalism
latest research on best teaching practices.
• Personalized learning is also called student- Source : https://helpfulprofessor.com/21st-century-learning/
centered learning and it recognizes that not all Retrieved March 5, 2021
students learn in the same manner. In other
words, this approach aims to customize learning Critical Attributes of 21st Century
for each student’s strengths, needs, skills and Education
interests.
“If you’re not doing the things that scare you,
Teachers can adjust their teaching methods in some you’re not really learning.”
ways. They can -Seth Godin
- differentiate content difficulty;
- differentiate modes of delivery; and • Be a teacher of peace in the 21st century
- differentiate assessment strategies. education and beyond. Someone who promotes
or respects diversity in the classroom and in the
• Equity, diversity, and inclusivity school.
The 21st century education embraces equity, • Read: The Critical Attributes of 21st Century
diversity and inclusivity in the classrooms by: Education using this link.
- Equity is grounded in the principle of http://iflex.innotech.org/GURO21/module1/l1_
fairness. 5.html
The goal of 21st century educators is to achieve
equality of the outcomes. • Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education
- Diversity is considered strength in the
21st century classrooms. Diversity 1. Integrated and Interdisciplinary
promotes acceptance regardless of their 2. Technologies and Multimedia
culture differences.
3. Global Classrooms
- Inclusivity means students of all ability 4. Creating/ adapting to constant personal and
levels, physical disabilities, or learning social change, and lifelong learning
disabilities deserve to be included in 5. Student-centered
mainstream classroom. 6. 21st century skills
7. Project-based and research driven
8. Relevant, rigorous and real world
• Learning through doing encourages the
students to learn through doing. The central idea
of this approach is students learn much better at
knowing, remembering and using knowledge if
they learn actively, rather than passive learning.
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would help them cope with life and work in the
21st century communities.
• What 21st century education looks like? What
changes does the 21st century bring to the 1. Collaboration and Teamwork
teaching and learning process? 2. Creativity and Imagination
3. Critical Thinking
• Integrated and Interdisciplinary 4. Problem Solving
This critical attribute entails that teachers review • Project-based and research driven
and organize the curriculum and identify
strategies on how different subjects can be Emphasis on data, information, and evidence –
effectively linked to enhance the learning based decision making are among the critical
experiences of students. For example, Teachers attributes of 21st century education. This implies
can combine Mathematics and Physical that 21st century teachers need to be research
Education subjects. Students can exercise their driven.
Math skills by estimating how far or how high
they jumped. Also, 21st century learners must be given
opportunities to develop their knowledge and
• Technologies and Multimedia skills through engaging projects and self-
directed activities, such as learning projects
The 21st century education promotes the full use within and outside the classrooms.
of available Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) as well as multimedia that • Relevant, rigorous and real world
extend learning beyond the text and beyond the
classroom walls. Attributes of relevant and rigorous 21st century
education:
• Global classrooms
Higher order thinking (HOT) is performed by
st
Teachers of 21 century education brings the students during instruction.
world into classrooms. They engage students
with the world. They teach them to empathize Deep understanding and mastery of critical
with others, value diverse perspectives and disciplinary concepts and skills are
cultures, understands how events around the demonstrated.
world are interconnected.
Concepts and skills are applied to situations,
issues, problems, in the world beyond school.
• Creating/ adapting to constant personal and
social change, and lifelong learning 21st Century Skills Categories
• A 21st century education is about giving students
st
Education in the 21 century believes that the skills they need to succeed in this rapidly
learning takes place not only in the classrooms changing world and helping them to grow the
but also in our everyday lives. confidence to practice those skills.
WEEK NO. 5: Globalization and 2.Political expulsion-People are trying to escape the
Multicultural Literacies political climate of a particular country.
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or is it something more experiential like being 4.The Question of Value
familiar with a story or a particular song?
• If culture is more “caught than taught” should
Honesty Discrimi
cultural literacy be one of the goals of Laws nation
education? If yes how does one teach it?
• Whose cultures must we be literate in to be
considered “culturally literate”? Who decides
Pedagogies in Multicultural Teaching
which cultures are included and which ones are
excluded and on what basis? 1.Learn about other cultures- Banks(1991) posits that
• Is cultural literacy education simply a means for the first step to teaching multiculturalism is knowing
the dominant culture to express its dominance about cultures that are not your own. It follows that if
over minority cultures? you, the teacher , know only your own culture, then you
• How is cultural literacy to be assesses and will be unable to teach your students to appreciate a
evaluated? How can we know someone is culture that is different from your own.
“culturally literate”?
2.Familiarize yourself with how discrimination and
What is Multicultural Literacy? prejudice appear in your own culture.- Boutte(2008) and
This is the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that Banks(1991) agree that teachers must be able to
any communication with a culture different from our identify and confront patterns of discrimination and
own is clear productive and respectful such that their prejudice in their own lives before they can teach their
differences are celebrated and neither culture is students to do the same. Example, when someone you
demeaned or treated as inferior. just met says he or she is from Mindanao, what words
The skills and knowledge required to be a multi- immediately come out of your mouth in response? Do
culturally literate are the ff: they betray some long held preconceptions about
• Selflessness people from the region?
• Knowledge that good and useful things can(and
do) come from those different from us. 3. As you are, so will you behave- Key to genuine
multicultural literacy is core values-that is, what you,
• Willingness to compromise
the teacher , really believe about people who are
• Acceptance that there are limits
different from you; not the kind of belief that you
• Idea that we cannot be friends with everyone.
determines your behavior when you think no one is
Issues in Teaching and Learning Multicultural Literacy
watching.
in the Philippines.
4.Model more, tell more- Young students, by nature, will
1.Conflicting Requirements for Peace.
have difficulty in exercising empathy toward those who
are different from them. The ability is there, but it will
Desired naturally lack practice. It is therefore not enough that
Territory
Peace teachers tell them to be more compassionate- you, the
teacher, must model for them what empathy and
compassion for others look like on a day to day basis.
2.Nationalistic and Regionalistic Pushback
Identity &
Language
Language Religion
Culture
Color
Education
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1.Parents can teach Social skills by:
WEEK NO. 6: Social Literacy
• Modelling
Social Literacy concerns itself with the development of • Role-Playing
social skills, knowledge and positive human values that • Providing opportunities to develop new skill
enable human beings to act positively and responsibly in
range of complex social settings. 2.Teachers do not have to teach a class in social
Three inter-related components of social skills: skills but should be alert to teasing and bullying and
• Social Cognition
aware of children that are rejected by their peers.
• Social Performance
• Social Perception 3.Work corporately with the children’s parents to
prevent the humiliation, embarrassment, and
Social Skill is defined in literature as the ability to interact
distress that befall the children.
with others in given social context in specific ways that
are socially acceptable are valued and at the same time
4.Let the children cooperate instead of competing.
personally beneficial, mutually beneficial, or primarily
beneficial to other.
There are several types of social skills that must be Issues in Teaching Social Literacy
mastered for a child to be socially adept.
1.Greetings- Children develop relationships with peers 1.Subjective Standards of Morality- The natural
by interacting with them. The first step in a social outcome of postmodern philosophies is that truth and
interaction is greeting someone. Greeting others is done
morality are considered subjective and open to
not only with words like “hi” or “how are you?” but facial
expressions, tone of voice, and gestures such as a nod or individual interpretation. This can be seen in the current
a wave. culture, where actions and behavioral patterns that
2.Initiating Conversations- In order to carry on a were once considered bad have now become
conversation, a child must be able to initiate, maintain acceptable- so much so that many now consider them
and close conversation appropriately. This requires good to be even good.
listening and attention skills, as well as the ability to take
turns and probe for missing information. 2. Human Nature-While we would all like to believe
3. Understand the listener-Once a conversation is that people are inherently good, experience has taught
initiated, it has to be maintained. In order to do that. It is
us that the inherent goodness of humanity is, at best,
important to understand the audience one is taking to.
unreliable: Sometimes it is there, often it is not. We are
4.Emphatizing- Empathy is more than perspective
taking; it means that one is able to feel what the other quick to champion the cause of moral uprightness,
person feels. Empathy allows one to really connect with justice, and equity, but balk when our words and
other people. actions come under their scrutiny.
5.Reading Social Cues- It is very important to read social
cues in a conversation. Cues are the hints and signals that • Today’s student have grown up with the
guide us to the next thing to say or do. Social cues can be internet that have become inseparable from
verbal or non-verbal. their gadgets. Blake(2017) offers helpful
6.Previewing or Planning-Conversation also require that reminders to young professionals in terms of
one previews or thinks about what effect the words or
social skills in the modern age. This situation
actions may have on the listener before she says or does
them. underscores the importance of educating
7.Problem-Solving-Problems and conflict are often a students in what could be called social literacy
part of social interactions. Someone may not agree, get to ensure their academic and career success.
angry, insult, or become aggressive at someone that one
says. Conflicts cannot be avoided and are often
necessary to “clear the air”. Turning a conflict from a 3. Situational Awareness in the Workplace- While
“win-lose” situation to a “win-win” situation. casual office has become the norm offices, job
8. Apologizing- Everyone makes social mistakes at one interviews typically require more formal dress and
time or another. A person with good social skills is
behavior to demonstrate a level of respect. Stories
confident enough to make a sincere apology for her
error. prevail of young adults showing up to interviews in
causal clothing, texting, or using phones during job
interviews or even bringing their parents with them.
Role of Parents and Teachers in 4.Social Intelligence to Technological Communication-
Teaching Social Skills to Children Text-speak and technology use have affected many
young people’s ability to communicate. While email has
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deformalized much of the communication process, People skills are usually the following:
students still need to ensure their writing denotes
respect and provides enough context for professors (or • Ability to effectively communicate, understand,
future employers) to readily respond. and empathize.
• Ability to interact with others respectfully and
Emotional Intelligence- is the ability to understand, use, develop productive working relationship to
and manage your own emotions in positive ways to minimize conflict and maximize rapport.
relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with • Ability to build sincerity and trust; moderate
others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. behaviors (less impulsive) and enhance
agreeableness.
Four Components of Emotional Intelligence
1. Self-awareness
This is considered the foundation for all the
WEEK NO. 7: Media and Cyber/Digital
other components of emotional intelligence. Literacy
Self- awareness means being aware of what you
are feeling; being conscious of the emotions Media Literacy, put simply, is the ability to identify
different types of media and the messages they are
within yourself.
sending.
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Digital Literacy • Moral/social literacy- an understanding
of correct, acceptable and sensible
It can be defined as the ability to locate, evaluate, behavior in a digital environment.
create, and communicate information on various digital
platforms. It is the technical, cognitive, and sociological Digital Citizenship
skills needed to perform tasks and solve problems in Refers to the ability to engage positively,
digital environments. critically and competently in the digital environment,
drawing on the skills of effective communication and
Skills and Competencies in Digital Literacy creation, to practice forms of social participation that are
1. Tool Literacy- Competence in using hardware respectful of human rights and dignity through the
and software tools responsible use of technology.
2. Resource Literacy- Understanding forms of and
access to information resources. Cyber citizenship
3. Social-Structural literacy- understanding the The rights, privileges and responsibilities required of
production and social significance of internet and cellular network users
information.
4. Research Literacy- Using IT tools for research and Key messeges for safe and responsible digital citizenship.
scholarships. 1. Be respectful-and expect respect
5. Publishing Literacy- Ability to communicate and 2. Protect your reputation.
publish information. 3. Protect your privacy.
6. Emerging Technologies Literacy-Understanding 4. Watch your tone
of new development in IT. 5. Be skeptical.
7. Critical Literacy- Ability to evaluate the benefits Nine elements of Digital Citizenship
of new technologies. 1. Digital Access-Although we live in a Digital Era,
Bawden(2008) collated the skills and competencies not everyone has access to technology. As
comprising digital literacy from contemporary scholars teachers, we should be aware of this digital
on the matter into four groups: divide. Not all students can afford a computer, a
smartphone and internet access. That’s why
1. Underpinnings- This refers to those skills and educators need to provide suitable alternatives
competencies that “support” or “enable” for each student’s needs.
everything else within digital literacy.namely: 2. Digital Literacy- Digital Literacy also includes the
Traditional literacy and computer/ICT literacy( ability to differentiate between real and fake
ie., the ability to use computers in everyday life.) content which can have a negative impact on the
2. Background Knowledge- This largely refers to lives of your students. They need to learn which
knowing where information on a particular content is good for them and what they should
subject or topic can be found, how information avoid in order to lead a balance life.
is kept, and how it is disseminated- a skill taken 3. Digital Etiquette- We should teach students to
for granted back in the day when information become”digitally fluent”. Digital etiquette
almost exclusively resided in the form of printed shapes their online behavior to respond
text. positively to online content. In this way, their
3. Central Competencies- These are the skills and online attitude is reflected in the real world and
competencies that a majority of scholars agree vice versa.
on as being core to digital literacy today. 4. Digital Law- The online environment has room
• Reading and understanding digital and for both positive and negative interactions.
non-digital formats: Digital Law deals with legal rights and restrictions
• Creating and communicating digital governing technology usage. To prevent any kind
information; of online crime, no matter how serious, students
• Evaluation of information; as digital citizens need to know law and how it
• Knowledge assembly; applies to them in particular.
5. Digital Communication-Online communication
• Information literacy;
has become so common that students forget
• Media literacy;
they are doing so in a virtual space, where
4. Attitudes and Perspective-(Bawden(2008)
miscommunication happens often. The internet
suggest that it is these attitudes and perspective
has given a voice to anyone who needs it. In turn,
that link digital literacy today with traditional
this requires empathy and appropriate reactions
literacy, saying “it is not enough to have skills
from its users.
and competencies, they must be grounded in
6. Digital Commerce-Highlights the necessity to
some moral framework,” specifically:
tackle safety issues related to using money in the
• Independent learning- the initiative and
digital world. Technology also used in the
ability to learn whatever is needed for a
classroom to teach students about the various
person’s specific situation; and
career paths that they could choose in the
future. Understanding how e-commerce works is
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a must, both as consumers and as potential target feels threatened. Criminal harassment is
entrepreneurs. punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
7. Digital Rights and Responsibilities- The online 2. Defamatory Libel- is a crime under the Criminal
world has its regulations and a user has rights Code. It is the most often treated as a crime if the
and responsibilities. The internet can also be libelous statement is directed against a person in
used for harmful purposes and anyone needs authority and could seriously harm his or her
protection against cyberbullying, for instance. reputation. Defamatory libel is punishable by up
Schools should approach this subject in to five years in prison.
classrooms, hold students accountable for their 3. Publishing Intimate images without consent
actions and also report any misconduct in the was added as an offence in 2015. This includes
virtual environment as well. both intentionally spreading an image ”in which
8. Digital Health and Wellness- Students should be the person is nude, is exposing his or her genital
taught to protect themselves and others from organs or anal region or her breast or is engaged
potential harm and ask for help if they need it. in explicit sexual activity” as well as “being
Making use of online resources is a plus, but reckless as to whether or not that person gave
everyone should be aware of the dangers as their consent to that conduct.
well.
9. Digital Security-Security in the online world is What is RA 10627?
important. When using devices at school or at The Anti-Bullying Act, aims to protect children enrolled
home, students should be aware of potential in kindergarden, elementary, and secondary schools and
malware attacks. Teachers should explain how learning centers from being bullied. It requires Schools to
to prevent them from happening and how to adopt policies to address the existence of bullying in their
protect their devices as much as possible. perspective.
Civil Law. This is the branch of Law that deals It is a computer-based technology that facilitates the
with property rights, personal dignity and sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through the
freedom from injury. building of virtual networks and communities.
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• Role of markets in Protecting and Insuring • Concepts of
determining financial risks and
interest rate loss
• Present versus • Insurance(transfer
future value of risks through risk
• Financial regulators pooling)
• The factor • Managing risk
determining the • Identity theft
value of a person’s • Life insurance
savings overtime products
• Automatic savings • How to protect
plans; “rainy-day” oneself against
funds identity theft.
• Saving for
retirement
Using Credit • Concept of credit The Benefits of Financial Literacy
and the sources of 1. It determines one’s ability to provide basic
credit needs, attitude toward money and investments,
• Why interest rates as well as one’s contribution to the community.
vary across 2. Financial literacy enables people to understand
borrowers and apply knowledge and skills to achieve a
• Basic calculations lifestyle that is financially balanced, sustainable,
related to ethical, and responsible.
borrowing(principal 3. Increased personal financial literacy affects
interest) one’s financial behavior.
• Credit reports and 4. It cultivates proper decision-making skills and
credit scores discipline.
• Behaviors that 5. It is easier for adults to bear when they have
contribute to learned the basics of personal finance in their
strong credit youth.
reports and scores
• Impact of credit Financial Literacy in the Philippines
reports and scores
on consumers Some findings in the state of financial literacy in the
• Consumer country
protection law • World Bank study in 2014 estimated 20
Financial Investing • Concept of million Filipinos saved money but only half
Financial had bank accounts.
investment • Asian Development Bank(ADB) study in 2015
• Variety of possible revealed that PH does not have a national
financial strategy for financial education and literacy.
statements • In 2016, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released
• Calculate rates of the national strategy for financial inclusion,
return stating that while institutions strive to
• Relevance and broaden financial services, financial literacy
calculation of real should also complement such initiatives.
and after-tax rates • As per Standard & Poor’s Ratings services
of return survey last year, only 25% of Filipinos are
• How markets cause financially literate. This means that about 75
rates of return to million Filipinos have no idea about inflation,
change in response risk diversification, insurance, compound
to variation in risks interest, and bank savings.
and maturity • Ten years after discovery of the stock
• How diversification market, still less than one percent of PH
can reduce risk population is interested in it.
• How financial • More than 80% of the working middle class
markets react to have no formal financial plan.
changes in market
conditions and Developing Financial Literacy
information. One’s attitude about money is heavily influenced by the
parent’s attitude and behavior about money. The
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attitude you formed early in life probably affect how you provide opportunity for reflection and
save, spend, and invest today. feedback and require discipline and
consistency.
Six major characteristics types in how people view Long-term financial goals can take years to
money. achieve. This include saving money for a
1.Frugal- frugal people seek financial security by living down payment on a home, a child’s college
below their means and saving money. They rarely buy education.
luxurious items: they save money instead. They save
money because they believe that money will offer Developing a Spending Plan
protection from unprecedent events and expenses. 1.Record-Keep a record of what you spend.
2.Review-Analyze the information and
2.Pleasure- Pleasure seekers use money to bring decide what you do.
pleasure to themselves and to others. They are more 3.Take action- Do something about what you
likely to spend than to save. They often live beyond their have written down.
means and spend more that to save. They often not
careful and do not change, they may fall into deep debt.
Importance of Saving
3.Status- Some people use money to express their social
status. They like to show to “purchase” and “show off” 1. Emergency Bolster- You should save
their branded items. money to avoid going to debt just to pay
emergency situations, like unexpected
4.Indifference- Some people place very little importance medical expenses and damages caused by
on having money and would rather grow their own food calamities or accidents.
and craft their own clothes. It is as if having too much
money makes them nervous and uncomfortable. 2.Retirement-You will need
savings/investments to take place of income
5.Powerful- Powerful people use money to express you will no longer receive when you retire.
power or control over others.
3.Future Events-You need to save for future
6.Self-worth- People who spend money for self-worth events like weddings, birthdays,
value how much they accumulate and tend to judge anniversaries, and travels so as not to
others based on the amount of money they have. sacrifice your fixed expenses.
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success, but is also an important skill that adults use in
4. Enriches Understanding countless activities on a daily basis.
While images can be used in isolation, they often
accompany text or audio. Images can greatly enrich the Examples of eye-hand coordination
students’ understanding of a text or other media, but • We use hand-eye coordination whenever we
to be able to interact with these deeper levels of write. As you start making lines, our eyes send
meaning, students must possess the necessary skills to visual information to the brain to tell it where
access those depths.
the hand is placed and if your handwriting is
5. Increases Enjoyment legible With this information, the brain
Not only does increased visual literacy enrich the generates instructions for how the hand has
understanding of our students of the media they to move in order to create appropriate lines
consume, but it can also enrich their enjoyment too - and shapes, resulting in letters. Visual
especially of visual art. If you have taken younger feedback also helps correct erroneous shapes
students to an art gallery you may have heard protests (letters) generated by the previous motor
of ‘This is boring!’ instructions. It is a sequence of fast and
precise motor actions that require a certain
However, when students have a deeper understanding
amount of skill and training.
of the ‘meaning’ behind the art pieces, or are familiar
with the context around the art, insights into the lives • A similar sequence takes place when we type
of the artists, or experienced with some of the on a keyboard. The type of movements are
techniques that produced the pieces, students often different, but we still use visual information
derive to tell the brain how to guide the hand or if a
greater pleasure from their visit.
mistake needs to be corrected.
The same is true of their engagement in terms of visual • When you drive, you are constantly using
literacy. As informed readers of images in a range of hand-eye coordination because you have to
modalities, students are opened up to an exciting use the visual information to move your
dimension of shape, color and texture and more. hands on the wheel, keeping the car in the
middle of the lane and avoiding accidents.
1. Creates More Educated Image Readers
In an era of fake news and ceaseless advertising, a • Almost every sport requires the use of hand-eye
responsible approach to the duty of educating our coordination to coordinate what you see with
students must involve encouraging them to become your eyes with the movement if your body.
informed viewers of the world around them, including Depending on the sport, either hand-eye
the media they engage with. Through the teaching of
coordination (basketball, tennis, football, etc.) or
visual literacy we can help students understand the
foot-eye coordination (soccer, track, etc.) will be
different ways the images they consume can be used
to manipulate their emotions and persuade them to act more dominant. Whatever the sport, you can
in a given way. count on the fact that they eye will be
coordinating with some part of the body, so a
What is hand-eye coordination? more appropriate term for this type of
coordination may simply called motor
Hand-eye coordination, or eye-hand coordination, is coordination.
the ability to do activities that require the simultaneous
use of our hands and eyes, like an activity that uses the • Putting a key in a lock also uses hand-eye
information our eyes perceive (visual spatial perception) coordination. Similar examples would be when
to guide our hands to carry out a movement. you insert a credit card in a chip reader, or when
a child plays with toys with shapes that they have
• We use our eyes to direct attention to a to fit into a certain hole.
stimulus and help the brain understand
where the body is located in space (self-
perception). Problems and disorders related to poor hand-eye
coordination
• We use our hands to simultaneously carry out
a determined task based on the visual
Poor hand-eye coordination can affect many different
information our eyes receive activities, which may lead to developmental disorders,
Eye-hand coordination is a complex cognitive ability, as learning disorders (problems learning to read and write
it calls for us to unite our visual and motor skills, allowing and play sports), in academics (making mistakes when
for the hand to be guided by the visual stimulation our they take notes, poor hand-writing, poor
eyes receive. Hand-eye coordination is especially attention), professional areas (if there are problems
important for normal child development and academic
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typing or assembling objects), and problems with daily spoken, how a gesture is made, how a line is
activities (from eating to sewing to driving). written, and how a melody is played, all
affect the character of the whole.
We use hand-eye coordination almost constantly in our 5. Slowing down perception is the most
daily lives, and is one of the skills that makes it possible promising way to see what is actually there.
to appropriately fit into our environments on a daily It Is true that we have certain words to
basis. This is why assessing hand-eye coordination and designate high levels of intelligence. We
knowing if there is any deficiency can be helpful in a describe somebody as being swift, or bright,
number of different areas. or sharp, or sharp on the pick. Speed in its
swift state is a descriptor for those we call
1. Academic Areas: to know if a child might have smart.
trouble doing certain tasks or completing 6. The limits of language are not the limits of
homework, tests, essays, etc. cognition. WE know more that we can tell.
2. Medical Areas: To know if a patient will be able
to drive (or eat) on their own. 7. Somatic experience is one of the most
3. Professional Areas: To know if an employee will important indicators that someone has
be able to perform their job properly and safely. gotten is right. Related to the multiple ways
in which we represent the world through our
Characterizing Artistically Literate Individuals multiple forms of literacy is the way in which
1. Use a variety of artistic media, symbols, and we come to know the world through the
metaphors to communicate their own ideas and entailments of our body.
respond to the artistic communication of others.
2. Develop creative personal realization in at least
one art from in which they continue active 8. Open-ended tasks permit the exercise of
involvement as an adult. imagination, and an exercise of the
3. Cultivate culture history, and other connections imagination is one of the most important
through diverse form and genres of artwork. aptitudes.
4. Find joy, inspiration, peace, intellectual
stimulation, and meaning when they participate Issues in Teaching Creativity
in the arts. • Educate the well-being of learners and
5. Seek artistic experiences and support the arts in shift from the conventional learnings
their communities. toward academic ability alone.
• Give equal weight to the arts, the
Students can embody different forms of arts humanities, and to physical education.
• Use their minds in verbal and nonverbal ways • Facilitate and work toward stimulating
• Communicate complex ideas in a variety of curiosity among learners.
forms • Awaken and Develop powers of
• Understand words, sounds, or ideas. creativity among learners.
• Imagine new possibilities • View intelligence as diverse dynamic,
• Persevere to reach goals and make them and distinct, contrary to common belief
happen. that it should be academic ability-
What education can learn from arts? geared.
1. Form and content cannot be separated. How
something is said done shapes the content of
experience. In education, how something is How art will help the education in the development of
taught, how curricula are organized, and the system of reading, writing, and numbering.
how schools are designed Impact upon what 1. Imagination and pretense, fantasy and
students will learn. metaphor. A creative curriculum will simply
allow, but will actively support, play and
2. Everything interacts-There is no content playfulness.
without form and no form without content. 2. Active menu to meaning making. IN a classroom
where children can choose to draw, write, paint,
3. Nuance Matters- To the extent to which or play in the way that suits their purpose and/or
teaching is an art, attention to nuance is mood, literacy learning and arts learning will
critical. It can also be said that the aesthetic inform and support each other.
lives in the details that the maker can shape 3. Intentional, holistic making. A creative
in the course of creation. How a word is curriculum requires a creative teacher, who
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understands the creative process, and information by asking, “Do they provide contact
purposefully supports learners in their information (email, postal address, or phone
experience. number)? What do you know about the author’s
4. Co-player, Co-Artist. Educators must be reputation or previous publications?”
reminded of the importance of understanding Information texts should pass through a review
children as current citizens, with capacities and process where several readers examine and
capabilities in here and now. approve the content before it is published.
Statements issued in the name of an
Critical Literacy and the Arts organization have almost always been seen and
The creation of artistic products by an individual and the approved by several people.
perception and rejection upon other’s artworks • Accuracy – information needs to be up-to-date,
showcase the power of critical literacies at work within factual, detailed, exact, and comprehensive.
arts context. It is the primary aim of critical literacy to: Things to bear in mind when judging accuracy
include timeliness and comprehensiveness. We
1. allows students to see how text work to construct their must therefore be careful to note when
worlds their cultures, and their identities in powerful, information was created, before deciding
often overtly ideological ways; and whether it is of value. It is always a good idea to
2. understand how they use texts as social tools in ways conserve more than one text. Indicators that the
that allow for a reconstruction of these same worlds. text is inaccurate either in whole or in part
include the absence of a date or an old date on
The arts, literacies, and reality are dynamically linked and information known to change rapidly; vague or
understanding attained by critically reading aesthetic sweeping generalizations; and the failure to
text involves perceiving the relationship between the art, acknowledge opposing views.
its creator, and its context. Both the practice and • Reasonableness – involves examining the
understanding of art forms and being critically literate information for fairness, objectivity, and
are interconnected. Indeed, critical literacy makes moderateness. Fairness requires the writer to
possible a more adequate ‘reading’ of the world, on the offer a balanced argument, and to consider
basis of which people can enter into ‘rewriting’ the world claims made by people with opposing views a
into a formation in which their interests, identities, and good information text will have a claim based on
legitimate aspirations are more fully present and present tone arguing or presenting material thoughtfully
more equally. like comprehensiveness objectivity is difficult to
achieve with writers however try to minimize
Textual analysis can be guided by asking the learners to bias
make their way systematically through a list of questions • Support – support for the writer’s argument
such as the following: from other sources strengthens their credibility.
• What is the subject or topic of this text? It can take various forms such as writing
• Why might the author have written it? bibliography, references, and corroboration. It is
• Who is it written for? How do you know? a good idea to triangulate information, that is to
• What values does the author assume the reader find at least three texts that agree. If other texts
holds? How do you know? do not agree, further research into the range of
• What knowledge does the reader need to bring opinion or disagreement is needed. Readers
to the text in order to understand it? should be careful when statistics are presented
• Who would feel ‘left out’ in this text and why? without identifying the source or when they
Who would feel that the claims made in the text cannot find any other texts that present or
clash with their own values beliefs or acknowledge the same information.
experiences?
• How is the reader ‘positioned’ in relation to the
author? (e.g., as a friend, as an opponent, as
someone who needs to be persuaded as invisible
as someone who agrees with the authors views)?
At this point, students enrolled in this course will role play as a student-teacher and will be tasked to do a live teaching
demonstration. Subject to modification by the instructor, these are the general guidelines that must be observed:
• The student-teacher will be scheduled to do a live teaching demonstration of a chosen/designated lesson in
secondary education that is aligned to his/her specialization.
• The instructor will designate a 21st century literacy to be integrated by the student teacher in his/her chosen
lesson.
• The student-teacher will integrate the designated 21st Century literacy in his/her chosen lesson and will see to it
that such literacy was adequately met.
• A detailed lesson plan shall be prepared and submitted by the student-teacher to the instructor prior to the
scheduled teaching demonstration.
• The detailed lesson plan shall consist of six (6) basic components, namely: (a) Objectives/Intended Learning
Competencies – aligned to the updated DepEd Curriculum Guide, (b) Subject Matter/Topic, (c) Preliminary
Activities, (d) Lesson Proper/Procedure, (e) Summary and/or Generalizations, (f) Evaluation and Assessment.
Albeit instructor’s prescribed format shall prevail.
• The student-teacher may employ a variety of instructional materials and strategies in the context of fully online
learning environment.
• The following shall be the rubrics for the teaching demonstration.
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