21st Century

Learning

Principles of Teaching
 Is the Philippine educational system
progressing and accelerating towards
21st-century learning?

To answer this, we wanted to define and

highlight two key ideas of what 21st-century
learning is:
Value towards non-academic skills
Honoring of learner's variability
Non- Academic Skills

1. 2. 3. 4.

Critical Thinking Communication Collaboration Creativity

Learner's Variability
Highlighting other areas of growth on how students are achieving and developing beyond
standardized tests.
 The 21st-century learning

This learning helps students to

find their role in the community
and prepares them to work
with others in addressing
looming issues.
 Our educational system isn’t
progressing and accelerating towards
the 21st century yet.

As educators in training, our

role is to address this challenge
to equip the learners.

There is also a need to dive deep into its

possible cause to provide an effective solution.
Teacher Workload
How can teachers provide quality work when they lack resources and support?

Because of the lack of manpower in school,

teachers are given extra loads and are tasked
to handle different grade levels and subjects.

This is a challenge for them in ensuring that

students receive the proper support for their
cognitive and socio-emotional needs.
Learner's Intrinsic Motivation
How can students appreciate learning?

Students are disconnected from learning and

its values because of the inadequacies in
resources (i.e. internet resources and engaging
materials) and the unpreparedness of the
parents to provide guidance when at home.
Transformational Learning
To move towards 21st-century learning, our goal is to implement learning opportunities that would
empower the learners and their parents or guardians. Before challenging them to stretch their thinking
and work with others, we propose guided self-development programs to equip learners with self-
regulation skills and their parents/guardians with leading skills.
 Working On Student
Readiness

To transition to 21st-century learning, we

wanted to highlight the 8th Learning
Principle and Law of Readiness. These
prepare the child to build the 4 key skills.
Learning is emotional as well as
intellectual.
Emotions influence the learning process. Emotions
affect our ability to effectively process information
and comprehend what we experience. For these
reasons, it is essential for teachers to foster a good,
emotionally secure classroom atmosphere in order
to maximize students' learning.
Law of Readiness
Learning is not something that can be automatically
instilled in a person who is not open to acquiring
new information.

In order to learn something, a student must first be

both intellectually and physically prepared for it.
The readiness of the student to absorb new
information is necessary for learning.
 Programs beyond the
classroom

1. Workshops for the parents

or guardians
2. Life skills workshops for the
students
Parent-Led Academic Support
Guiding parents and guardians so they can be more effective in supporting the learners at
home.
The teacher and parents/guardians should create
partnership for the learning process in the student
especially at home until the child becomes an
independent learner.
Life Skills Workshops
After-school activities to reinforce and develop the learner's soft skills.

Soft skills are a combination of people skills, social

skills, and communication abilities. These
important life skills are typically taught to children
outside the classroom by their families and by
other children in their social circles.
Education is a shared
responsibility.
Learning does not end in the classroom and should be well-supported by the parents, guardians, or
other stakeholders. If we want to transition to a 21st-century learning classroom, each stakeholder must be
accountable in building the learners' readiness with their emotional and intellectual aspects.