The 21st Century Teacher

The 21^st Century Teacher

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday we rob our children of tomorrow.”

-John Dewey-

Note: To remain relevant and interesting, the teacher must possess 21^st century skills:

1.    Communication Skills

2.    Learning & Innovation Skills

3.    Information, Media & Technology Skills

4.    Life & Career Skills

1)    COMMUNCATION SKILLS

                      i.        Teaming

                     ii.        Collaboration

                    iii.        Interpersonal skills

                   iv.        Local, national & global orientedness

                    v.        Interactive communication

2)    LEARNING & INNOVATIONS SKILLS

                      i.        Creativity

                     ii.        Curiosity

                    iii.        Critical thinking problem solving skills

                   iv.        Risk taking

3)    LIFE & CAREER SKILLS

                      i.        Flexibility & adaptability

                     ii.        Leadership & responsibility

                    iii.        Social & cross-cultural skills

                   iv.        Initiative & self-direction

                    v.        Productivity & accountability

                   vi.        Ethical, moral & spiritual values

4)    INFORMATION, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

                      i.        Visual & information literacies

                     ii.        Media literacies

                    iii.        Basic, scientific, economic & technological literacies

                   iv.        Multicultural literacy

·         VISUAL LITERACY

Ø  Is the ability to interpret, make meaning from information presented in the form of an image

Ø  Ability to evaluate, apply or create conceptual visual representations

·         INFORMATION LITERACY

Ø  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 – share that information

Ø  Is the most essential in the conduct of research

·         MEDIA LITERACY

Ø  Is the ability to critically analyze the messages that inform, entertain & sell to us everyday

Ø  Is the ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear on all forms of media asking pertinent questions about what’s there & noticing what’s not there

Ø  Is the ability to question what lies behind media productions & to be aware of  how these factors influence content of media productions

·         SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

Ø  Encompasses written, numerical & digital literacy as they pertain to understanding science, its methodology, observations & theories

Ø  Knowledge & understanding of scientific concepts & processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic & cultural affairs & economic productivity

·         ECONOMIC LITERACY

Ø  Is the ability to apply basic economic concepts in situations relevant to one’s life

Ø  Cultivating a working knowledge of the economic way of thinking

·         TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY

Ø  (US DepEd, 1996) computer skills & the ability to use computers & other technology to improve learning, productivity & performance

Ø  Technological literacy is the ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to:

-       Communicate

-       Solve problems

-       Access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design & create information to improve learning in all subject areas

-       Acquire lifelong knowledge & skills in the 21^st century

ANOTHER WAY of GROUPING the 21^ST CENTURY SKILLS:

·         Ways of Thinking

-       Creativity

-       Critical thinking

-       Problem-solving

-       Decision-making &

-       Learning

·         Ways of Working

-       Communication & Collaboration

·         Tools for Working

-       Information and Communications Technology (ICT) &

-       Information Literacy

·         Skills for Living in the World

-       Citizenship

-       Life & Career

-       Personal & Social Responsibility

Source: The Teaching Profession 2^nd Ed.