The 21st

Century
Skills
Objectives:
Describe the 21st century skills;
Identify ways to develop the 21st century
skills;
Apply the 21st century skills to improve
teaching and learning.
 Read the following case. Discuss and decide as a
group if the teaching-learning process shows examples of
21st century learning.
TOPIC: PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED
SPECIES
LEVEL: 6
Teacher shows students a table containing a list of
animals classified as endangered and information about
their status. Teacher asks students to select from the
table three animals that interest them.
 Teacher asks students to copy from the table
information about the animals’ habitats, the
countries where they are found and 2-3 factors
that threaten their survival. Students copy
information in their notebooks.
Teacher next tells students to select one out
of the three they viewed. Teacher instructs
students to sketch a picture of their chosen
animal. Teacher shows students references for
their drawings.
 Teacher tells students to do their sketch on a
piece of bond paper. Below the picture, students
are asked to write the information they copied.
Teacher tells students to frame their picture.

When done, teacher has students post their

sketches on a wall in the classroom. In effect, the
wall becomes a gallery of animals classified as
endangered. Teacher invites students to share
their sketches and talk about their animals.
Three Types of Decisions:
Yes, all the procedures done in the class are
good examples of 21st century skills – group
stands up and shouts “Hooray”!
Some of the procedures done in the class are
examples of 21st century skills and some are not
– group stands up and says “Hmmm”!
No, all the procedures done in the class are not
examples of 21st century skills – group stands up
and says “Huh”!
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How is instruction done in the different
classes?
What do they all emphasize?
 Which part of the video has a similar topic as the one
done in Activity A?
Where the procedure in the “Save the Whales” part similar
or different? What are the similarities or differences?
 CASE CLASS
Students copied information
from a given table.
VIDEO CLASS
Students answered a problem
question and gathered
information to answer the
problem.

Students read the information Students reported their

they copied. findings to a mixed group.

Students worked alone. Students worked in teams.

Students sketched a picture Students made a presentation

based on a reference. using different media.

RAPATAN2015
Educating for the
unknown for what
might come, for
nimble ways of
thinking about it…
The
Digital
Native
http://www.billlouden.com/technology2
 VIDEO CLASS 21st CENTURY SKILLS
Students answered a problem CRITICAL THINKING
question and gathered information AND PROBLEM-
to answer the problem. SOLVING

Students reported their findings to COMMUNICATION

a mixed group.
Students worked in teams. COLLABORATION
Students made a presentation CREATIVITY
using different media.

RAPATAN2015
 We wont know what
children would know 10
years from now, so
inquiry is the process
children learn how to
learn and apply those
skills in the learning of
everything for the
future…
http://www.billlouden.com/natives1.jpg
 21st classroom is
highly augmented with
technology that allows
kids to be one on one.
It’s like to have a play
time rather than to
have people sitting
around with a teacher
in front.
 21st CENTURYSKILLS INSTRUCTION
CRITICAL THINKING AND Teacher poses a problem and asks
PROBLEM-SOLVING students to solve it or research
for answers.
COMMUNICATION Teacher raises an issue or topic
and students express their ideas
with varied media.
COLLABORATION Teacher provides a task and
students work in teams.
CREATIVITY Teacher presents a challenge and
students design a solution or an
innovation.
80% of us educating for
the past, 15% for today
and only few of us are
looking for tomorrow. In
looking for tomorrow,
you need to be creative,
use imagination, take
risk…
THE K+ 12 GRADUATE
Provide the groups with pink and blue meta
cards.
In the pink meta cards, write the skills you have
been doing in the course of your work. In the
blue meta cards, write the 21st century skills that
you will start applying.
Arrange your outputs creatively on a half sheet
of Manila paper.
Post outputs.
Group leader shall present the group’s output.
“Success in the 21st century requires knowing how
to learn. Students today will likely have several
careers in their lifetime. They must develop
strong critical thinking and interpersonal
communication skills in order to be successful
in an increasingly fluid, interconnected, and
complex world. Technology allows for 24/7
access to information, social
constant
interaction, and easily created and shared
digital content.
In this setting, educators can leverage technology
to create an engaging and personalized
environment to meet the emerging educational
needs of this generation. No longer does
learning have to be one-size-fits-all or confined
to the classroom. The opportunities afforded by
technology should be used to re-imagine 21st-
century education, focusing on preparing
students to be learners for life.

- Karen Cator