MODULE 4 LESSON 4 - LEARNING THE 21ST CENTURY CCNHS

YOUR JOURNEY
The 21st century has brought dramatic changes to society at large. Through
technology, people from the different parts of the world have become more connected
today than they were in the past. This means that huge amount of information can be
accessed in seconds. This change has prompted a rewiring of human beings think and
what is deemed worth learning; this means that gaining information is no longer an end
itself. As a 21st century learner, one must acquire the knowledge and skills that are
important in meeting the demands of the academe and the industry.
With the help of the tasks and chosen poems you’ll explore in this lesson, you’ll
surely hone your communication skills and improve your understanding of the target
concepts and sub-themes.

Objectives
- Draw conclusion from a set of details
- Raise questions and seek clarification on issues discussed
- Compare and contrast different point of views
- Get familiar with technical terms used in research

I.PRE-TEST

1. The true story of the “Kaffir Boy” tells mainly about

a. Education is optional to our life
b. Education will not make your life any changes
c. Education will make your life better
2. Writing is a solitary affair
a. Yes b. No c. Maybe

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3. What is the meaning of the word beacon in this sentence?

“That beacon of light seemed to reveal things.”
a. A strong light
b. Radio signal
c. Cell phone signal
4. The best interpretation for literature review is
a. Provides a review of past topics
b. Provides a review of what others have written of researched on
concerning the topic
c. Provides a review of past decisions about the topic
5. Plagiarism occurs when
a. You used one’s idea without proper acknowledgement
b. You used one’s idea with proper acknowledgement
c. You used one’s idea

YOUR INITIAL TASKS

Task 1: My Learning Curve

Use the following illustration to assess and graph your learning progress
in the different subject areas. Based on these assigned numerical values (0-
100%), determine your level of proficiency. Use the guide below the graph.
Afterward, answer the questions that follow.

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Processing Questions

1. What is your level of proficiency in each subject? Fill out the matrix
using the Levels of Proficiency matrix found above.

SUBJECTS LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY

Math
English
Filipino
Social Studies
Science
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Values Education

2. In what subject areas are you doing well? How can you sustain/nourish
this?

I can sustain this

by.. I’m good at…
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3. What areas need improvement? How can you address this?

YOUR TEXTS

Read the two texts and think about the importance of education. Think
about the relevance of the story to 21st-century education.

READING TEXT 1:

Motive Question: How do you view education?

Excerpt from Kaffir Boy

by: Mark Matahbane
Mark Mathabane is born into a poverty-stricken black
family in South Africa during the apartheid years.

Throughout his childhood, Mark suffers hunger,

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witnesses’ violence, and learns to hate and fear whites.

At his mother’s insistence, he starts school and promises to stay there.

Though he hates it at first, he grows to love learning; it opens another world for
him. He is obviously an intelligent young man and quickly rises to the top of the

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class, despite the fact that the school metes out frequent punishments to Mark
because his family is often late paying school fees and can't afford the
uniforms and books. When Mark graduates from primary school at the top of
the class, heearns a scholarship to pay for secondary school, enabling him to
continue his education.

Mark joins the high school tennis team and one of the players introduces
him to Wilfred Horn, the owner of the exclusive Tennis Ranch. Mark starts
playing tennis at the club and Horn becomes his unofficial sponsor, paying for
Mark's entrance fees in tournaments. The Tennis Ranch is dominated by
Germans and other European expatriates, rather than white South Africans.
Though he finds a lucrative job at a bank following graduation, he knows he
wants to live in a land where he’s free.

A. Processing Questions

1. What is the boy’s initial attitude toward going to school?

a. Hesitant
b. Excited
c. Hopeful

2. What does the mother promise the boy?

a. More friends waits after education.
b. Better future awaits after education.
c. You can get anything you want after education.

3. What is the boy’s realization towards the end of the excerpt?

a. Education is optional.
b. He was discouraged by his father’s view on education.
c. He was inspired by his mother’s advice about the importance of
education.

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Task 2: Opposing Views

Determine the different views toward schooling as seen in the excerpt

from Kaffir Boy. Use the Venn diagram to note the contrast in these views.
Summarize your notes in three sentences by completing the phrase, “They Say.”
Forward your own views by completing the phrase, “I Say.”

The Importance of Education

They say… I say…

Reading Text

Motive Question: What makes liberal education different from technical

education?

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WHAT IS A LIBERAL
EDUCATION?
BY Sir Richard Livingstone

What is liberal education? Most people would

probably reply: Subjects like history, literature,
languages, pure mathematics, and sciences are a
liberal education, but subjects like bookkeeping,
business administration, commercial French,
accountancy, cooking, and shorthand are not.
They are technical or vocational, not liberal.
This is not to despise a technical education which is essential; everyone
has to learn to make a living and to do his job, and he cannot do it without
training; a technical or vocational education is as much wanted as liberal
education. But they are not to be confused. They are both important, both
necessary, but they are different. And yet to some extent they overlap.

INFOBITS

Richard Winn Livingstone, a classical

scholar and university administrator who
championed the classical liberal arts
curriculum.His lifelong commitment to classical
literature was apparent in the many books he
wrote and edited: The Greek Genius and its
Meaning to Us, A Defence of Classical
Education  and What is Liberal Education.

B. Processing Questions

1. Which of the following is the meaning of liberal education according to

the Greeks?
a. Only for free man
b. Virtue and excellence
c. For average man

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2. What is technical education?

a. It talks about skills and craftsmanship
b. It talks about language and communication skills
c. It talks about social skills
3. What is the difference between technical and liberal education?
a. A technical education refers to the cognitive skills while liberal
education tackles on practical skills.
b. A technical education refers to emotional aspects while liberal
education tackles on physical aspects.
c. A technical education refers to the practical skills while liberal
education tackles on cognitive skills.

YOUR DISCOVERY TASKS

Task 3: Portrait of 21st-Century Learners

Use the illustration below to indicate what you have learned about
the knowledge, skills, and attitude that 21st-century learners must possess.

Knowledge

Skills Attitude

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YOUR FINAL TASK

Task 4: Make a Match

Get to know some research terms. Match the descriptions Column

A with the corresponding section names listed in Column B.

A B

1. Presents background information, scope, and a. Methodology

focus of the research paper.

2. Provides a review of what others have b. Literature Review

written or researched on concerning the
topic.
3. Explains how the research was conducted. c. Introduction

4. Presents the information gathered through d. Reference

the research.

5. Evaluates the results of the study or e. Discussion

research.
6. Provides the summary of the research. f. Conclusion

7. Lists all the sources used in the research. g. Results

8. Contains other related information such as h. Research

graphs, charts, tables, lists.

9. Summarizes all sections and helps readers i. Abstract

decide whether or not to read the entire
report.
10. A systematic investigation to contribute j. Appendix
to an existing body of knowledge.

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CITE IT RIGHT!

A. Review what you have learned about academic honesty. Read the
statements below and write A if the act shows academic honesty or P
for plagiarism.

A or P STATEMENTS

A student…
1. Submits the same paper to two teachers without the knowledge of both.
2. Copies a paragraph from a source, uses quotation marks, and neglects to
cite the source.
3. Changes the structure of copied sentences from a source, and cites the
source of the sentences.
4. Forgets the original source of the copied material, and creates a fictional
author’s name.
5. Copies the passage verbatim, encloses it in quotation marks, and cites the
source.
6. Grabs a photo from the internet, includes it in the submitted work, and
fails to cite the source.
7. Uses another concept from a source, rephrase the idea, and provides
proper citation.
8. Purchases an essay from the internet, and submits it to the professor.
9. Paraphrase a passage completely, and claims it as hers or his.
10. Asks a family member to write her or his class requirement, and submits it
to the professor.

Learn more on how to avoid plagiarism by incorporating in-text citations following the APA format.

Plagiarism occurs when ideas, information, and

even pictures are used with proper
acknowledgement of the original sources. In
order to provide due credit, a writer can use the
APA format. Providing in-text citation or
parenthetical documentation of a quoted,

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summarized, or paraphrased text from another source is a surefire

method to avoid plagiarism.
1. Use the author-date system when integrating a summary or paraphrase.
There are several ways to do this. Refer to the samples below:
a. Running Text
B. Learn more about the plagiarism and its pitfalls through the Grammar
Bytes video. Before watching the video, read the processing questions.
These questions are your guideposts in determining what details to note
during the viewing session. Write your answers in your notebook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSaQ5-
mDRI

C. Processing Questions

1. What is plagiarism?
a. Act of liberalizing ones’ idea.
b. Act of editorializing ones’ written output.
c. Act of using another persons’ words or ideas without giving credit to
that person

2. The following are signs of plagiarism, except?

a. changes in penmanship
b. Inconsistent in grammar
c. changes in writing style

3. Below are ways to avoid plagiarism, except?

a. Paraphrasing, citing
b. Reading, writing, listening
c. Referencing, quoting

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IV. POST
1. It is important TEST your audience or readers when you write
to consider
a. Because knowing your readers is the key to effective writing
b. Because our readers knows best
c. Because our readers are always right

2. This is a systematic investigation to contribute to an existing body of

knowledge.
a. Story b. reference c. research

3. What is the origin of the word “liberal”?

a. Belonging to a slave man
b. Belonging to a rich man
c. Belonging to a free man

4. It presents the background information, scope, and focus of the research

paper.
a. Methodology
b. Reference
c. Introduction

5. It is the list of all the sources used in the research.

a. Reference
b. Abstract
c. result

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Think back on the tasks you have just finished and

R E F LEC T IO N
complete the statement below:

In this lesson I learned

that________________________________________________________
______.

I am also determined
to__________________________________________________________
______.

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ANSWER KEY

PRETEST Processing Questions (A) Processing Questions (B)

1. c 1. a 1. a
2. b 2. B 2. a
3. a 3. c 3. c
4. b
5. a

Task 4 Cite it Right Processing Questions (C)

1. c 1. P 1. c
2. b 2. P 2. a
3. a 3. A 3. b
4. e 4. P
5. f 5. A
6. i 6. P
7. d 7. A
8. g 8. P
9. j 9. P
10. h 10. P

POST TEST

1. a
2. c
3. c
4. c
5. a

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