LIVING WATER ESSENTIAL COLLEGE INC

VALUES, ARTS AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL

PALOMARIA, BONGABON, NUEVA ECIJA

LESSON TITLE: 21st Century Communication Skills

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
 Review units in the curriculum guide with focus on the development of 21st Century skills;
 Present units from the curriculum guide with its identified 21st Century skills and ICT tools; and
 Rationalize why the specific units can be best taught with the use of existing ICT’s

Introduction
You are now entering the second lesson of this module. As learners, you are the center of the educative
process. The 21st Century Skills of the K to 12 learners are vital and crucial to know in order to
strategically develop the needed target areas of sustainable quality education. This lesson is revealed in
21st Century Skills with ICT integration.

Concept Note:

The World Economic Forum (2016) established 16 crucial proficiencies for education in the 21st century. These
skills include six “foundational literacies” and 10 skills labeled either “competencies” or “character qualities”
Foundational literacies are the core skills applied by learners to everyday tasks such as literacy, numeracy,
scientific literacy, ICT literacy, financial literacy, and cultural and civic literacy.

With ICT integration, foundational skills are required for traditional academic learning. The basic knowledge
where common learning tasks and specific alignment of skills are simply put into efficiency and cost-
effectively. With the emerging technologies that go beyond the traditional way of learning, core skills must be
the prerequisite of learning.

The following basic skills are contextually defined to unlock the potential of using technologies:
Literacy is the ability to read, understand and use written language;
Numeracy ability to use numbers and other symbols to understand and express quantitative relationships;
Scientific literacy is the ability to use scientific knowledge and principles to understand one's environment and
test hypotheses;

ICT literacy is the ability to use and create technology-based content, including finding and sharing
information, answering questions, interacting with other people and computer programming;
Financial literacy is the ability to understand and apply conceptual and numerical aspects of finance in practice;
and, Cultural and civic literacy is the ability to understand, appreciate, analyze, and apply knowledge of the
humanities (https://tinyurl.com/y4rrsesg).

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Competencies are a binary set of skills on how learner approaches complex challenges. These are critical
thinking/problem-solving, creativity, communication, and collaboration.
The 4Cs of 21st-century skills are:

Critical thinking/problem-solving is ability to identify, analyze and evaluate situations, ideas, and information
to formulate responses and solutions;

Creativity is the ability to imagine and devise new, innovative ways of addressing problems, answering
questions or expressing meaning through the application, synthesis or repurposing of knowledge;

Communication is the ability to listen to, understand, convey and contextualize information through verbal,
nonverbal, visual and written means; and,

Collaboration is the ability to work in a team towards a common goal, including the ability to prevent and
manage conflict (https://tinyurl.com/y4rrsesg).

Character Qualities are another set of social and emotional learning skills in which learners approach their
changing environment. These skills include curiosity, initiative, persistence or grit, adaptability, leadership, and
social and cultural awareness.

Curiosity. Ability and desire to ask questions and to demonstrate open- mindedness and inquisitiveness
Initiative. Ability and desire to proactively undertake a new task or goal

Persistence/Grit. Ability to sustain interest and effort and to persevere to accomplish a task or goal

Adaptability. Ability to change plans, methods, opinions or goals considering new information

Leadership. Ability to effectively direct, guide and inspire others to accomplish a common goal

Social and cultural awareness. Ability to interact with other people in a socially, culturally, and ethically
appropriate way (https://tinyurl.com/y4rrsesg).

Top 10 Skills
Hereunder are the Top 10 skills you need to thrive in the Industrial Revolution 4.0:
in 2020 in 2015
1.Complex Problem Solving 1. Complex Problem Solving
2.Critical Thinking 2. Coordinating with Others
3.Creativity 3. People Management
4.People Management 4. Critical Thinking
5.Coordinating with Others 5. Negotiation
6.Emotional Intelligence 6. Quality Control
7.Judgment and Decision Making 7. Service Orientation
8.Service Orientation 8. Judgment and Decision Making
9.Negotiation 9. Active Listening
10.Cognitive Flexibility 10. Creativity

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

▪ What did you understand about the 21st Century Skills as illustrated above?

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 ▪ How do the 21st Century Skills vary?

▪ Based on the diagram above, explain how the 21st Century Skills play in the K to 12
Curriculum?

▪ As a teacher, how can you use this information to maximize learning?

References: Technology for Teaching and Learning, Edition 2, published 2001.

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