Updates in

Education
A Mini-echo-lecture on
Creativity and Life-long
Learning

Perlita R. Antonio
New Skill Requirements for
the 21st Century
SOURCE: US DEPARTMENT of LABOR
REQUIRED SKILLS for the NEW MILLENNIUM

BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS

ABILITY TO ORGANIZE RESOURCES
COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS
COMPUTATIONAL
LITERACYCOMPLEX WORK SYSTEMS
UNDERSTAND
WORK WITH A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES
LOCATE, EVALUATE AND USE INFORMATION

The advent of the new millennium calls for a new way of thinking.
This includes the way we, as Educators, look at our students.
Concerned with properly guiding the latter, we aimed to develop,
enhance, and nurture their abilities. However, we are now faced with a
seemingly daunting task: That of accurately assessing students’
performance.
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 General Profile of Filipino
! Students
BASED ON NATIONAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS

FILIPINO STUDENTS NOWADAYS ARE GENERALLY WEAK IN THE FOLLOWING

CRITICAL SURVIVAL SKILLS IN THE GLOBAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:
  COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
 CRITICAL THINKING /
FUNCTIONAL
LITERACY
= HIGHER ORDER
THINKING SKILLS
 COMPUTATIONAL
SKILLS
 SENSE OF COMMUNITY
The Youth Today
 Net.Gen
 Gen. Y
 Connectivity
Driven Gen.
 “Pasaway” Gen
 Generation at the
Edge
Filipino Youth According
to
Modern Studies
 Of the 76.5 million adolescents,
23% belong to the 10-19 age group;
 20% are aged 15-25;
 and 15.6 million or 22% are of
reproductive age
 Average dating age is 15 yrs. Old
 Mean age at menarche is 13.44
- World Health Organization, 2003
Filipino Youth According to
Modern Studies
 83% of Filipino youth are
Catholics
 Adolescents are
changing religion (from
Roman Catholic to Born-
again Christian, etc.)
 Adolescents are getting
less religious
(Profile Studies on Filipino Youth
collated and presented by
Macalanda, 2007)
Pattern of Changes in
Religious Interest of
Adolescents

 Period of religious awakening

 Period of religious doubts
 Period of religious reconstruction

(Profile Studies on Filipino Youth

collated and presented by
Macalanda, 2007)
 LITERACY

KNOWLEDGE VALUES

MIND HEART
 New Learning Principles

 Less teacher talk  More discussion

 Passivity  Interaction
 Individual work  Team work
 Closed questions  Open questions
 Being told  Finding out
 Giving answers  Solving for answers
 Diploma-oriented  Life-long learner
STUDENT-CENTERED
LEARNING
 Focus is on the STUDENT
 Students suggest projects/
select issues
 Teachers provide support
and empathy
 Teachers value respect for
students
 Teacher as facilitator and
coach
 Students learn HOW to think vs. being
taught WHAT to think
Knowledge Management
The Teacher is…
KNOWLEDGE
MANAGER

COLLABORATIVE VALUE
WORKER FORMATOR
 KEEP MOVING!!!
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS

CRITICAL &
CREATIVE
THINKING SKILLS

SOCIAL SKILLS
A CREATIVE TEACHER …

IS A LIFE-LONG LEARNER.
 Teacher Education:
More Challenges…

 The challenge to produce critical thinking

professionals (problem solving, performance
and critical thinking skills)
 Teachers should model best teaching
 Teachers should teach for global / multicultural
perspective –ensure that all learners learn
regardless of special
 Research-based themes---connectedness of
programs with international community
 Licensure Examination for
Teachers (LET) :
Dr. Brenda Corpuz
Member, Board for Professional Teachers

1. There is an increase in the number of LET examinees over the last

7 years, from 97,560 in 1997 to 141,732 in 2002.
2. There were more elementary level teacher examinees than
high school teacher examinees.
3. There were more high school teachers passing the LET than elementary
school teachers.
4. The elementary teacher examinees tend to generally get higher mean
scores in the general education section of the board exam than in the
professional education section while the mean scores of the high
school teacher examinees tend to be generally the same.
5. The elementary teacher examinees generally have lower means than
the high school teacher examinees.
 LET continued…
6. The LET result for the elementary does not change
radically over the Last 7 years.
7. There is a positive trend on the frequency of
repeaters/re-takers over the last 7 years.
8. Based on the LET results, the following are the most difficult items
for each group of examinees:

Elementary High School

1. Applying psychological principles in
teaching-learning situations and utilizing
theories and principles of human growth
and development at various stages
2. Applying philosophical principles in
teaching-learning situations and identifying
eastern and western philosophies that
influence Philippine Education.
1. Selecting / applying
teaching skills and techniques
2. Using principles of
learning in instructional planning
3. Principles of evaluation
and test construction
4. Significant educational developments

5. Interpreting Philippine Educational

Legislation
6. Interpreting teaching-learning situations
in the light of sociological forces, etc.
An EMPOWERED Teacher:
 Let us be the BEST
TEACHERS that we can be.

Let us learn
from the MASTER TEACHER, Himself…
JESUS.
THANK YOU and GOD
BLESS.