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Final Module 2 Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across The Curriculum BADARAN
Final Module 2 Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across The Curriculum BADARAN
I-Introduction / Rationale
Recent technological advances have affected many areas of our lives, including the way we
communicate, collaborate, learn, and, of course, teach. Teaching in the 21st century is an altogether different
phenomenon; never before could learning be happening the way it is now—everywhere, all the time, on any
possible topic, supporting any possible learning style or preference. Education today is more than just giving
lessons and assignments. It is now a two-way process where both the student and the teacher learn from each
other side by side. A lot of resources are available to help achieve this goal. What’s important is that we remain
focused and push through our desire to make this world a better place, starting with the people who live in it.
The world of teachers and students is expected to continue to change dramatically throughout the 21st
century and beyond. There is a paradigm shift in the way teaching and learning is delivered. As a 21st century
teacher, you need to develop essential knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to be able to cope with these
changes and to help your students address them as well.
II- Learning Objective
compare the basic concepts of traditional and 21st century literacies and skills; and
explain the features and critical attributes of the 21st century literacies.
III- Content
Features of 21st Century Teaching and Learning
1. Learner- cantered classroom and personalized instruction
Students have access to any information possible.
Students have different personalities, goals, and needs, and offering personalized instruction is not just
possible but desirable.
2. Students as producers
Students have the latest and greatest tools
Students can produce beautiful and creative blogs, movies, or digital stories that they feel proud of
and share with others.
3. Learn new technologies:
Students are offered new technology to have one’s own hands-on experience and expertise on modern
skills and developmental learning tools.
4. Go Global
Modern tools are used to make it possible to learn about other countries and people first-hand.
Learning languages, cultures, and communication skills by actually talking to people from other parts of
the world.
5. Go Digital
Sharing links and offering digital discussions as opposed to a constant paper flow allows students
to access and share class resources in a more organized fashion.
6. Collaborate
Technology allows collaboration between teachers and students. Creating digital resources,
presentations, and projects together with other educators and students makes classroom
activities resemble the real world
7. Project-based learning
Students develop their own driving questions, conduct research, contact experts, and create final projects
to share, all using devices already in their hands.
• Nowadays, knowledge is no longer distinctly divided into clear-cut learning chunks or separate subjects.
• Education in the 21st century is characterized by linkages among various subject areas in an
integrated manner. The new approach promotes the utilization of learning from various disciplines.
• This critical attribute implies that teachers need to review the school curriculum and identify strategies
or ways on how different subjects can be effectively linked to enhance the learning experiences of
students.
• Nowadays, knowledge is no longer distinctly divided into clear-cut learning chunks or separate subjects.
• Education in the 21st century is characterized by linkages among various subject areas in an
integrated manner. The new approach promotes the utilization of learning from various disciplines.
• Nowadays, knowledge is no longer distinctly divided into clear-cut learning chunks or separate subjects.
• Education in the 21st century is characterized by linkages among various subject areas in an
integrated manner. The new approach promotes the utilization of learning from various disciplines.
• This critical attribute implies that teachers need to review the school curriculum and identify
strategies or ways on how different subjects can be effectively linked to enhance the learning
experiences of students. For example, music and algebra can be linked together in the discussion
of fractions. The time signature of music uses fractions; as such, you, as a good teacher, can certainly
apply this to both your music or math classes.
Education in the 21st century aims to produce global citizens by exposing students to the concerns of
the region and other countries. They are encouraged to react and respond to issues as part of their roles
as global citizens.
This critical attribute implies that teachers need to include current global issues/concerns, such as
peace and respect for cultural diversity, climate change, and global warming, in classroom discussions.
Education in the 21st century subscribes to the belief that learning does not only happen inside the
school and during one’s schooling years. Learning can take place anywhere, anytime, regardless
of one’s age.
This means that teachers should facilitate students’ acquisition of KSAVs that go beyond
academics. Learning should take place not only for the purpose of passing exams, but also for
transferring knowledge to real life situations.
The curriculum should be planned in such a way that the students will continue to learn even outside
the school’s portals.
Education in the 21st century is focused on students as learners. It is tailor-fit to address the individual
learning needs of each student. Differentiated instruction is common in 21st century classrooms,
where diverse student factors are taken into account when planning and delivering instruction.
You, as a teacher, can structure learning environments that address the variety of learning
styles, interests, needs, and abilities found in your classroom.
This critical attribute implies that teachers should act as facilitators of learning — not as “sages on the
stage” but as “guides on the side.” Learners should be given opportunities to discover new
knowledge, learn with one another, and create their own learnings.
Education in the 21st century promotes the skills needed to be productive members of today’s society.
It is not enough for students to learn the basic skills of reading, writing, and numeracy, but should
develop in themselves skills that would help them cope with life and work in 21st century communities.
These skills include, among others, critical and creative thinking skills, problem solving and decision
making, and ICT literacy and skills. As a teacher, you are expected to possess these 21st century
skills before you can help your students develop these skills.
Among the critical attributes of 21st century education is the emphasis on data, information, and
evidence-based decision making. It relies heavily on student-driven activities to encourage active
learning.
This implies that teachers of the 21st century need to be knowledgeable about research to guide their
students’ learning through self-directed activities, such as learning projects within and outside their
classrooms.
Investigatory projects showcased in many science fairs across Southeast Asia and in the world
are examples of research-based activities of students.
Education in the 21st century is meaningful because it is rooted in real life day-to-day activities of
learners. It can be applied to the realities of the present and includes what students need to develop to
enable them to become productive members of the 21st century.
This critical attribute implies that topics are taught using current and relevant information and linked
to real-life situations and context.
As a 21st century teacher, you need to be updated on the current trends, developments, and issues
in your school, community, and in the world, so that your teaching will be relevant to the lives of
your students
Newspapers, TV and radio news, and the internet are good sources of relevant and up-to-date
information that you can access.
• https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/15-characteristics-21st-century-teacher
• https://blog.kamiapp.com/characteristics-of-21st-century-learners/
• http://iflex.innotech.org/GURO21/module1/l1_5.html
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