THE TEACHER IN

THE 21 CENTURY
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The 21st century skills can be categorized into four (4)

1. communication skills
2. learning and innovation skills
3. information, media and technology skills
4. life and career skills
Effective communication skills include,
1. teaming
2. collaboration
3. interpersonal skills
4. local, national and global orientedness
5. interactive communication
The learning and innovation skills are the 3 C’s namely

1. creativity
2. curiosity
3. critical thinking and problem solving skills
4. risk taking
Life and career skills embrace
1. flexibility and adaptability
2. leadership and responsibility
3. social and cross-cultural skills
4. initiative and self-direction
5. productivity and accountability
6. ethical, moral and spiritual values
Information, media and technology skills are,
1. visual and information literacies
2. media literacy
3. basic, scientific, economic and technological literacies
4. multicultural literacy
 Visual literacy – is the ability to interpret, make meaning from information presented
in the form of an image. It is also the ability to evaluate, apply or create conceptual
visual representation.
 Information literacy – is the ability to identify what information is needed, identify
the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the
sources critically, and share that information. Information literacy is most essential in
the conduct of research.
 Media literacy – is the ability to critically analyze the message that inform, entertain,
and sell to us everyday. It’s the ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear on all form
of media asking pertinent questions about what there and noticing what’s not there. It
is the ability to question what lies behind media production – the motives, the money,
the values, and the ownership – and to be aware of how these factors influence
content of media production.
 Scientific literacy – encompasses written numerical and digital as they pertain to
understanding science, its methodology, observations, and theories . Scientific
literacy is the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes
required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs and
economic productivity.
 Economic literacy - is the ability to apply basic economic concepts in situations
relevant to one’s life. It is about a cultivating a working knowledge of the economic
way of thinking – understanding tradeoffs, recognizing the importance of
incentives. It encompasses a familiarity with fundamental economic concepts such
as market forces or how they monetary system work.
 Technological literacy – the US Department of Education (1996) defined
technological literacy as computer skills, and the ability to use computers and other
technology to improve learning, productivity, and performance.
Technological literacy is the ability to responsibly use appropriate technology use ,
• communication
• solve problem
• access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design, and create information to improve
learning in all subject areas.
• acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century
Another way of grouping the 21st century skills
is shown below:

• ways of thinking
• ways of working
• tools for working
• skills for living in the world