COURSE SYLLABUS

Educ. 110 – Building and Enhancing Literacy Skills across the Curriculum with Emphasis on
the 21st Century Skills
Second Semester, School Year 2023-2024

Part I
PHILOSOPHY Total human development with appropriate competencies.
VISION A globally competitive university.
MISSION Provides high quality instruction, research and extension.
GOAL To lead in transforming human resources into productive self-reliant citizens
and responsible leaders.
Graduate At DMMMSU we aim to produce highly competent, specialized and globally
Attributes competitive professionals. This is operationalized into graduate attributes
that should be attained by the time students will graduate from the
university.
1. Professionally competent
Exemplify the competencies and values required of their profession
2. Committed and responsible leader
Demonstrate professional, social, and ethical responsibility consistent
with their roles as local and global citizens
3. Effective communicator and collaborator
Communicate effectively and work in multi-disciplinary teams
4. Critical thinker and innovator
Use relevant information and research drawn facts in rendering sound
decisions and developing insights for new knowledge
5. Reflective lifelong learner
Engage in lifelong learning for continuous professional growth and
development
6. Responsible environment steward
Manage a sustainable environment and promote peace and prosperity for
mankind
Core Values SERVICE: Service to our stakeholders
PRODUCTIVITY: Productivity with passion for work
EXCELLENCE: Excellence in our programs through scholarly
undertakings
COMMITMENT: Commitment in delivering our mandates
INNOVATIVENESS: Innovation towards attaining operative systems,
breakthroughs, and milestone
ADVOCACY: Advocacy in transforming lives
LEADERSHIP: Leadership for transformation, empowerment,
and sustainable development
Program The Bachelor of Technical Vocational Teacher Education / Bachelor of
Outcomes Technology Livelihood Education aims to:
1. Demonstrate the competencies required of the Philippine TVET
Trainers – Assessors Qualifications Framework (PTTQF):
2. Demonstrate broad and coherent, meaningful & knowledge and skills
in any of the specific fields in technical-vocational teacher education
3. Apply with minimal supervision specialized knowledge and skills in
any of the specific fields in technical-vocational teacher education
4. Demonstrate higher level literacy, communication, numeracy, critical
thinking, learning skills needed for higher learning
5. Manifest a deep and principled understanding of the learning
processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes
in their students
6. Show a deep and principled understanding of how educational
processes relate to larger historical, social, cultural, and political
processes
7. Apply a wide range of teaching process skills (including curriculum

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development, lesson planning, materials development, educational

assessment, and teaching approaches);
8. Reflect on the relationships among the teaching process skills, the
learning processing in the students, the nature of the
content/subject matter, and other factors affecting educational
processes in order to constantly improve their teaching knowledge,
skills and practices

Course Credits 3 units

Course This course introduces the concepts of new literacies in the 21 st century as
Description an evolving special phenomenon and shares cultural practices across learning
areas. The 21st century literacies shall include globalization and multi-
cultural literacy; social literacy; media literacy; financial; literacy;
cyber/digital literacy; eco-literacy; and arts and creative; literacy. Field-
based interdisciplinary explorations and other teaching strategies shall be
used in this course.

Contact 3 hours
Hours/Week
Course None
Prerequisite/s
Course At the end of the semester, the students should be able to:
Outcomes 1. Demonstrate content knowledge and pedagogy of the concepts of
21st Century Education, new literacies, functional literacy and
multiliteracy perspectives (PPST 1.1.1)
2. Demonstrate the application of new literacies within and across
teacher education curriculum (PPST 1.1.1)
3. Apply teaching strategies that develop critical and creative thinking
and/or higher order thinking skills (PPST 1.5.1)
4. Show skills in the selection, development and use variety of
teaching and learning resources, including ICT to address learning
goals (PPST 4.5.1)
5. Demonstrate knowledge of providing timely, accurate and
constructive feedback to improve learner performance (PPST 5.3.1)
Course Attendance
Requirements Active Participation in Class Discussion
Written Tasks
Performance Tasks
Mid/Final Term Examination
Grading System Class Standing = 60 %
Quizzes - 20%
Recitation – 15 %
Seatwork - 10%
Project - 15%
Midterm/Final Exam = 40 %

Midterm Grade = CS +Midterm Exam

Final Term Grade = CS +Final Exam
Final Grade = 40% Midterm Grade + 60% Final Term Grade

Part II

Course Outline and Time frame

Time Frame Course Content/Subject Matter
Week 1 Orientation

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(1 hour) 1. PVMGO
2. School Rules and Regulation
3. Course Content/Syllabus
Week 1 The 21st Century Education
(2hrs) 1. 21st Century Context
2. Attributes of 21st Century Education and their Implications
3. The Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
4. Common 21st Century Technology Tools for Learning
Week 2 The 21st Century Skill Categories
3 hours 1. Framework for 21st Century
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
3. Information , Media and Technology Skills
4. Integrating 21st Century Skills in Teaching Learning Process
5. Implications to Educators
Week 3-4 New Literacies, Functional Literacy and Multiliteracy
6 hours 1. Exploring the New Literacies
2. The Truth on 21st Century Literacies According to Research
3. Functional Literacy
4. Improving Functional Literacy in the Philippines
5. Integration of New Literacies in the Curriculum
6. The Multiliterate Learner
7. Impact of New Literacies on Instruction
8. Multiliteracies in the Educational Reform
9. Assessment of Multiliteracies
10. Preparing Teachers for Multiliteracies
Week 5 Integrating New Literacies in the Curriculum
6 hours 1. Approaches to Integration
 Multidisciplinary Approach
 Interdisciplinary Approach
 Transdisciplinary Itegration
 Interconnecting the Three Approaches
2. Comparing and Contrasting the Three Approaches to Integration
3. Methods of Curriculum Integration
4. Other Types of Integrated Curriculum
Week 6-7 Multicultural and Global Literacy
6 hours 1. Multicultural Litercay
2. Global Literacy
3. Global Competence
4. Dimensions of Global Competence
5. Integrating Global and Intercultural Issues in the Curriculum
Week 8 Social Literacy
3 hours 1. Types of Social Skills
2. Strategies for Enhancing Emotional Intellegence
3. Characteristics of an Emotionally Intelligent Person
4. Integrating Socio-Emotional Literacy into the Curriculum
Week 9 MIDTERM EXAMINNATION
1 hour
Week 10 Media Literacy
3 hours 1. Media Literacy Concepts
2. Role of Media Literacy
3. Types of Social Media Websites
4. approaches to Teaching Media Literacy
5.Assessing and Evaluating Media Literacy Work
Week 11-12 Financial Literacy
6 hours 1. The Importance of Starting Financial Literacy While Still Young
2. Financial Plan
3. Five Financial Improvement Strategies

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4. Financial Goal Planning and Setting

5. Budget and Budgeting
6. Investment and Investing
7. Common Financial Scams to Avoid
8. Tips to Avoid Common Financial Scams
9. Insurance and Taxes
10. Financial Stability
11. Integrating Financial Literacy into Curriculum
Week 13-14 Digital/Cyber Literacy
6 hours 1. Cybersecurity
2. Ways on how to be a Good Cyber Citizen
3. Proper Netiquette
4. The Ten Commandments of Teacher Cyber Citizenship
5. Internet Safety
6. Computer Threats and Fixing Solutions
7. Cyberbullying
8. Cybercrime
9. Exploring the Internet: Researching and Evaluating the Web
10. Data Privacy Implication
11. Research and Data Collection Protocols
12. Tips To Avoid Plagiarism
Week 15-16 Ecoliteracy
6 hours 1. Ecoliteracy and Sustainable Development
2. Ecologically Literate Person and Society
3. Ways to Develop Ecoliteracy in Schools
4. Seven Environmental Principles of Nature
5. Understanding Green Curriculum
6. Creating Green School
7. Ecological Living Practices
8. Intergrating Ecological Lietracy Into the Curriculum

Week 17 Arts and Creative Literacy

3 hours 1. Arts and Creative Literacy
2. Habits of Highly Creative People
3. Hand-eye Coordination
4. Visual Literacy
5. Verbal Creativity
6. Aesthetics
7. Integrating Arts and Creativity Literacy into the Curriculum
Week 18 FINAL EXAMINATION
1 hour

REFERENCES:

Book:

De Leon Elmer B., DEM. 2020. Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the
Curriculum, LORIMAR Publishing Inc., Quezon City, Metro Manila.

Online:

http://edglossary.org/21st-century-skills

http://iflex.innotech.org/GURO21/module1/11_5.html

https://flies.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1099450.pdf

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https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2F%3F%3Fwww.the+classroom.com
%2Fintegrate-curriculum-classroom-7870575.html

Prepared by: Recommending Approval: Approved:

JOSEPHINE F. DUCUSIN MYAL A. GUBA___ CEDRIC ANTHONY E. OCHOCO,Ph.D.

Instructor Chairperson, BTVTEd/BTLEd Dean, CE

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