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21 CENTURY
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EDUCATION
This modern society is ushered in by a dramatic technological revolution.
It is an increasingly diverse, globalized and complex media- saturated
society. According to Dr. Douglas Kellner, this technological revolution
bears a greater impact on society than the transition from an oral to print
culture.

21st Century Education Contexts

21st Century Schools. Schools in the 21st century focus on a project-based
curriculum for life that would engage students in addressing real-world
problems and humanity concerns and
issues.
 The 21st Century Curriculum.

The twenty-first century curriculum has critical attributes that

are interdisciplinary, project-based and research-driven. It is
connected to local, national and global communities, in which
students may collaborate with people around the world in various
projects.
 The 21st Century Learning Environment.

Typically, a 21st Century classroom is not confined to a literal classroom

building but a learning environment where students collaborate with their
peers exchange insights, coach and mentor one another and share talent and
skills with other students. Cooperative learning is also apparent in teams
because cooperation is given more emphasis than competition, and
collaborative learning, more than Isolated learning.
 Technology in the 21st Century Pedagogy.

21st Century learning recognizes full access to technology

Therefore, a better bandwidth of Wifi access should be available
along areas of the school for the students to access their files and
supplement their learning inside the classroom.
 A survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
found that young people (ages 8-18) spend on electronic media an
average of six hours a day. In addition, many are multitasking,
such as listening to music while surfing the Web or instant-
messaging friends while playing a video game.

However, as Dr. Michael Wesch points out, although

today's students understand how to access and utilize these tools,
they use them only for entertainment purposes.
21st Century Skills Outcome and the Demands in the Job Market.

The 21st Century skills are a set of abilities that students

need to develop to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for
21st Century Skills lists three types, namely: (1) Learning Skills which
comprise critical thinking, creative thinking, collaborating, and
communicating;
(2) Literacy Skills which is composed of information literacy,
media literacy, and technology literacy; and
(3) Life Skills that include flexibility, initiative, social skills,
productivity and leadership.

According to Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), various

industries look for employees who can think critically, solve
problem creatively, innovate, collaborate and communicate.
The paradigm shift from the 20th to the 21st Century, shows that the
structure and modalities of education have evolved. Students become
the center of teaching-learning process in the 21st Century using
wide array technological tools to assist them in exploring knowledge
and information needed in surviving the test of time and preparing
for future career endeavors assessment has been made varied to
address multiple literacy development in diverse contexts. Teachers
turn to become facilitators rather than lectures and dispensers of
information.
 The Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education

The following are eight attributes of 21st Century education and their
implications:
1. Integrated and Interdisciplinary.
Education in the 21st Century is characterized by interfacing
various disciplines in an integrated manner rather than compartmentalizing its
subsequent parts.
2. Technologies and Multimedia.
Education in the 21st Century makes optimum use of
available Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as well as
multimedia to improve the teaching and learning process, including online
applications and technology platforms.
3.Global Classrooms.
Education in the 21st Century aims to produce global citizens by
exposing students to the issues and concerns in the local, national and global
societies.

4. Creating/Adapting to Constant Personal and Social Change and

Lifelong Learning.
Education in the 21st Century subscribes to the belief that learning does
not end within the four walls of the classroom. Instead, it can take place
anywhere, anytime regardless of age.
5. Student-centered
Education in the 21st century is focused on students as learners
while addressing their needs.

6. 21st Century Skills.

Education in the 21st Century demonstrates the skills needed in
becoming productive members of society. Beyond learning the basic skills
of reading writing and numeracy, students should also develop life and work
skills in 21st Century communities, such as critical and creative thinking,
problem-solving and decision-making and IC literacy and skills.
7. Project-Based and Research-Driven.
21st Century education emphasizes data, information and evidence-
based decision. Making through student activities that encourage active
learning.

8. Relevant, Rigorous and Real World.

Education in the 21st Century is meaningful as it connects to real-life
experiences learners.
 The Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher

The 21st Century teaching-learning environment becomes more

complicated brought by technological changes. Therefore, teachers should be
able to cope with and adapt to these changes.
Thus, teachers must be equipped with attributes, knowledge and skills critical to
21 century education so that they may be able to integrate them in their teaching.
21 Century teachers are characterized as.

1. Multi-literate. Teachers know how to use various technologies in teaching.

2. Multi-specialist. Teachers are not only knowledgeable in the course
subject they teach but also in other areas so that they can help the learner
build up what they gain in the classroom and outside the school and make
sense of what was learned.

3. Multi-skilled. Teachers cope with the demand for widening learning

opportunities by being skillful not just in teaching but also in facilitating
and organizing groups and activities.
4. Self-directed. Teachers are responsible for various aspects of school life and
know how to initiate action to realize the learning goals of the students and the
educational goals of the country, at large.

5. Lifelong learner. Teachers embrace the ideal that learning never ends.
Therefore, teachers must be constantly updated on the latest information related
to their subject and pedagogic trends. They should also share what they are
learning with their students and colleagues with a high sense of professionalism.
6. Flexible.
Teachers are able to adapt to various learning styles and
needs of the learners. They can facilitate learner-centered teaching with
flexibility using alternative modes of delivery.

7. Creative problem solver.

Teachers create innovative ideas and effective solutions to
the arising problems in the field, be it in the classroom, in the school or the
profession as a whole.
8. Critical thinker. Teachers are critical thinkers as they encourage students to
reflect on what they have learned, and rekindle in them the desire to ask
questions, reason out, probe, and establish their own knowledge and belief.

9. Has a passion for excellent teaching. Teachers possess passion in the

teaching profession to ensure that students are motivated to learn under their
guidance and care.

10. High Emotional Quotient (EQ). Teachers do not just have the head but also
the heart to teach. Teaching is emotionally taxing but an influential job as it
involves interaction with human beings.
 The following are common 21" Century technology tools.
1. Affinity Groups.
These are groups or communities that unite individuals with
common Interests. Electronic spaces extend the range of possibilities for such
groups.
2. Blogs.
Web blogs or "blogs" are interactive websites, often open to the
public that can include: Web links, photographs and audio and video elements.

3. E-portfolio. It refers to student's works that are generated, selected,

organized, stored and revised digitally. Often, electronic portfolios are
accessible to multiple audiences and can be moved from one site to another
easily.
4. Hypertext.
These are electronic texts that provide multiple links and allow
users to trace ideas in immediate and idiosyncratic directions. Hypermedia adds
sound, video, animation, and/or virtual reality environments to the user’s
choices.
5. Podcasts.
. These are digitalized audio files that are stored on the Internet
and downloaded to listeners’ computers or most likely to MP3 players. The term
“podcast” comes from iPod, the popular MP3 player.
6. Web 2.0.
. This refers to a second generation of Web-based communities
that demonstrate the participatory literacies that students need for the 21 st-
century.
7. Myspace (http://;www.Myspace.com).
It is a social networking website that offers an interactive user-
submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music
and videos internationally.

8. Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com).

It is an n Internet-based 3-D virtual world that uses avatars (digital
representations) to explore, socialize, participate in individual or group
activities, create and trade items (virtual property) and services.
9. Semantic Web.
It is an extension of the current Web that puts data into a common
format so that instead of humans working with individual search engines (e.g.,
Google, Ask Jeeves) to locate information, the search engines themselves feed
into a single mechanism that provides this searching on its own.
10. Webkinz (http://www.webkinz.com).
It is an Internet simulation wherein children learn pet care and other
skills.
11. Wiki.
It refers to software that fosters collaboration and communication
online. Wikis enable students to create, comment upon, and revise
collaborative projects
13. Google Docs.
It allows students to collaborate with other people and the document
materials that need to be compiled, processed, transacted and analyzed.

14. Prezi.
It allows individuals to use pre-made, creative presentation templates.

15. Easybib.
It allows individuals to generate citations in any given format.
16. Social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo, Schoology,
Instagram, etc.).
These are means to communicate and share ideas among users.

17. Smartboards and audience response systems.

These are replacement for traditional 17 chalkboards or
whiteboards in classrooms.
18. ReadWrite Think.org. (www.readwritethink.org).
It is a repository of standards-based literacy lessons that offer
teachers instructional ideas for Internet integration.

19. WebQuest Page (www.webquest.org).

It provides webquests on an array of topics across content areas with
a template for creating one's own.

20. Literacy Web (http://www.literacy.uconn.edu).

It is an online portal that includes a large number of new literacy's
resources for new literacies for teachers.
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ASCURA JEMILYN A.

BSED-MATH 3B