21 Century Skills

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Department of Education
 Learning Objectives
This session aims to reorient teachers on the necessary 21st
century skills in teaching 21st century learners especially
beginning readers.
The participants will be able to:
• Know the different 21st century skills
• Recognize the importance of fostering 21st century skills in their
teaching strategies
• Incorporate 21st Century skills in their daily teaching and
learning aligned to 21st century learners’ needs.
Department of Education
 Session Coverage

• 21st Century Skills

• Importance of fostering 21 st
century skills in
teaching
• Strategies emphasizing development of 21 st

century skills in learners

Department of Education
 Priming Activity
Find the egg.
Priming Activity
 Priming Activity
Answer the question.

What comes first, the egg or the

chicken?
 Analysis

• What can you say about the activity?

• What skill did you apply in solving the
activity?
• Make a comparison to reality, how will you
solve problems with the same situation as in
the activity?
 Abstraction

What are these 21 Century

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Skills?
• These are skills that are vital today in facing
many kinds of problems.
• These are necessary skills to make life in the 21 st

century more progressive.

• We use these skills in our daily living not just in
school.
• These are skills that can greatly improve the
nature of thinking, learning, working and living.
 21st Century Skills
The 21st century skills include:
1. Critical thinking
2. Creativity
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Information Literacy
 21st Century Skills

6. Media Literacy
7. Technology Literacy
8. Flexibility
9. Leadership
10.Initiative
11.Productivity
12.Social Skills
 21st Century Skills
These can be grouped into:
A. Learning Skills – which is consists of
Critical Thinking, Creativity,
Collaboration, and Communication
B. Literacy Skills – include Information,
Media, and Technology
C. Life Skills – these are Flexibility,
Leadership, Initiative, Productivity, and
Social Skills.
 Learning Skills

What are learning Skills?

These are skills that is concern on the

mental processes necessary to adapt and
improve upon a modern work environment.
Critical Thinking is a complex
judgment and examination of facts
through analyzing and rational
problem-solving.
It is simply finding solutions to
problems.
Teamwork Trust Inspiration

COLLABORATION

Support Assist Share

Communication
According to the dictionary,
is the ability to impart or
exchange information.
Literacy
Skills
 Information Literacy
Is the ability to
understand and make
sense of data, facts,
symbols, and other figures.
From Drexel University,
shared by Angela Smith at
ATLIS 2018
Flexibility
Flexibility is the ability to be easily
modified, and the willingness to
change or compromise.

- Oxford Languages
“Leadership is the ability of an individual or
a group of individuals to influence and
guide followers or other members of an
organization.
Leadership involves making sound -- and
sometimes difficult -- decisions, creating
and articulating a clear vision, establishing
achievable goals and providing followers
with the knowledge and tools necessary to
achieve those goals.” - Mary K. Pratt,
Initiative
Initiative – is a first step or movement.

Initiative – the -Merriam

power or opportunity to
Webster Dictionary

do something before others do.

-Britannica Dictionary
Initiative – is the ability to make
decisions and take action without
waiting for someone to tell you what to
do.
Initiative – is an important new plan or
process to achieve a particular aim or to
solve a particular problem.

-www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/initiative
https://slideplayer.com/slide/8031505/
Productivity – is the efficiency of
production of goods or services
expressed by some measure.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity
 Social Skills are the ability to meet
and network with others for mutual
benefit.

Social Skill is any competence

facilitating interaction and
communication with others where
social rules and relations are created,
communicated, and changed in verbal
and nonverbal ways. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_skills)
 Strategies that can be
integrated with 21st
Century skills in teaching
1. Three W’s (What, So What, Now What) - At the
end of a lesson or class period, students are asked to either write or
discuss the topic under study by responding to three questions:
• What did we learn today?
• So What? (What is its relevancy, importance or usefulness?)
• Now What? (How does this fit into what we are learning? Does it
affect our thinking? Can we predict where we are going?)
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/just-for-the-
asking/strategies-that-promote-21st-century-skills/)
2. Rise and Shine - In a twitter-like context, students
are asked to capture the essence of the significant points
of the day’s lesson in 140 words or less. Students may
collaborate or work independently. When selected student
are ready, they individually stand up and share their
summary with their classmates.
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/just-for-the-
asking/strategies-that-promote-21st-century-skills/)
3. He said…She said - This is a way for groups of students to
share creative ideas with their fellow students. In groups of four,
students are given a task, problem to solve, reaction to a
situation, prediction of a next step, etc. Each student jots down
his or her answer or opinion and then each group member
shares his or her idea with the entire group. When the time
comes for groups to share their best thinking, individual group
members can point to a fellow student to share his or her
thinking because that person’s idea was the best response. In
short, he said, or she said it best.
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/just-for-the-asking/strategies-
that-promote-21st-century-skills/)
4. TED Talk - ED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.
TED talks are 18-minute presentations based on the concept of
“ideas worth sharing.” An innovative way to use this strategy in the
classroom is to have students to present TED talks to their fellow
students. The time for the talk may be limited (perhaps five minutes)
during which students can volunteer to share their thinking with their
classmates. The strategy may be used as a type of assessment giving
students the option of writing and delivering (or filming themselves
for a You Tube video) a TED talk in lieu of a more traditional
assessment.
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-
newsletters/just-for-the-asking/strategies-that-promote-21st-century-skills/)
5. Cs the Moment - Simply stated, there are a lot of Cs impacting the lives and
thinking of our students. Some of the Cs that are in current educational literature include
critical thinking (and doing), creativity, collaboration, cross-cultural understanding,
communication, computing, career and learning self-reliance, and collective knowledge. With
a profusion of so many ideas, it can be productive for students to pause periodically and
reflect on a “C” which many writers and prognosticators feel are lifelong skills. Teachers may
choose to have the students self-assess periodically (perhaps quarterly), or ask students to
reflect on a specific skill that the class has been working on (such as communication or
collaboration). Teachers can allow students time to reflect by responding to selected
questions:
• Which Cs represent my strengths?
• Which Cs are areas I need to work on in the future?
• Which Cs do I feel are the most important in my future life?
• What evidence do I have to show that I am improving on a specific skill?
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/just-for-the-asking/strategies-that-promote-21st-century-skills/)
6. Drop the Mic - The title has become popularized in videos
or on television when individuals complete a spectacular
performance or deliver a definitive or remarkable statement. In a
classroom, students may be challenged by their teacher to capture
the essence of an idea, put together a concise understanding of a
subject, develop a creative approach to capture an idea under study,
or summarize a complicated subject in a concise way. After students
have had a chance to devise their oral remarks, the teacher hands the
student a plastic microphone. Each participant makes a presentation
at the conclusion of which he or she “drops the mic.” Classmates are
invited to show their approval through applause or cheers.
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/just-for-the-
asking/strategies-that-promote-21st-century-skills/)
 Other Strategies:
1. Trial Balloon
2. The Write Stuff
3. “Assessorize”
4. Pulling it Together
5. In the Voice of…
6. The Most…
7. Sign on the Dotted line
8. Four-box Synectics
(Source: https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/just-for-the-asking/strategies-that-promote-
21st-century-skills/)
 Application: Reflective Activity

1. In a bond paper, draw your thoughts on the

importance of having 21st Century Skills in the
current situation.
2. Make a brief biography of yourself. Truthfully do
a self-check and determine yourself as a 21st
Century skills-equipped teacher.
 Reflection
Reflect on these questions:
1. Am I a 21 Century teacher? What 21
st st

Century skills do I have?

2. How do I foster these 21st Century
skills into my learners?
3. What should be done to emphasize
the vitality of having these 21 century
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skills to the learners?

 References
• www.aeseducation.com/blog/what-are-21st-century-skil
ls
• www.Wikipedia.com
• https://oldsearch.creativecommons.org/
• www.flickr.com
• https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-cen
ter/e-newsletters/just-for-the-asking/strategies-that-
promote-21st-century-skills/