Unit 7 – Professionalism

and Transformative
Education

A. The 21st Century

Elaiza Jane A. Reyes, LPT
Teacher
Instructor I, CAS Language Department
Don Honorio Ventura State University
What is a 21st
Century
Teacher?
 A 21st century teacher
is...
• able to adapt to whatever comes their way.

• able to look at their practice and adapt based on the needs of

their students.
• able to adapt their teaching style to include different modes

of learning and adapt to new technology.

• able to adapt to the curriculum and the requirements and be

able to use their imagination to teach in creative ways.

 To remain relevant and interesting, the
teacher must possess 21st Century skills.
The skills can be categorized into 4:

Communication skills Learning and innovation

(Ways of Working) skills (Way of Thinking)

Information, media, and Life and career skills (Skills

technology skills (Tools for for Living in the World)

Working)
 1.
Communication
a) teaming Skills

b) collaboration
(Ways
c) interpersonal skills
of
Working)
d) local, national, and global orientedness

e) interactive communication
 Learning and Innovation
Skills (Ways of Thinking)
a) creativity

b) curiosity

c) critical thinking problem solving skills

d) risk taking
 Life and Career Skills
(Skills for Living in the
a) flexibility and adaptability World)

b) leadership and responsibility

c) social and cross-cultural skills

d) initiative and self-direction

e) productivity and accountability

f) ethical, moral, and spiritual values

4. Information, Media, and
Technology Skills
(Tools for Working)
a) Visual and information literacies

b) Media literacy

c) Basic, scientific, economic, and technological

literacies

d) Multicultural literacy
 a) Visual and information
literacies
Visual Literacy

- 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 representations.
 a) Visual and information
literacies
Information Literacy
- 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.
 b) Media
literacy
- the ability to critically analyze the messages that inform, entertain, and

sell to us every day. It’s the ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear

on all forms of media asking pertinent questions about what’s there and

noticing what’s not. It is also the ability to question what lies behind

media productions and to be aware of how these factors influence

content of media productions.

 c) Basic, scientific, economic, and
technological literacies

Scientific Literacy

- encompasses written, numerical, and digital literacy as they pertain to understanding science, its

methodology, observations, and theories. It is the knowledge and understanding of scientific

concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural

affairs, and economic productivity.

 c) Basic, scientific, economic, and
technological literacies
Economic Literacy

- the ability to apply basic economic concepts in situations relevant to one’s life.

It’s about cultivating a working knowledge of the economic way of thinking. It

encompasses a familiarity with fundamental economic concepts such as market

forces or how the monetary system works.

 c) Basic, scientific, economic, and
technological literacies
Technological Literacy
- “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 to:

a) communicate

b) solve problems

c) access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design, and create information to improve learning in all subject areas

d) acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century

 d) Multicultural literacy

Multicultural Literacy
- consists of the skills and ability to identify the creators of knowledge

and their interests (Banks, 1996), to uncover the assumptions of

knowledge, to view knowledge from diverse ethnic and cultural

perspective, and to use knowledge to guided action that will create a

humane and just world (Boutte, 2008).

THANK
See you next time!

YOU