MODULE 2:

21ST CENTURY SKILL

CATEGORIES

Prepared by;
Khizzy Gibriel Bayson
Rosalen B. Abuzo
Jacquelyn B. Butra
Ronnel Oclarit
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 1. identify the categories of 21st century skills
 2. apply the 21st century skills in preparing, planning and
delivering a lesson
 3. cite ways on how to enhance the 21st century skills of
learnners
 4. explain how 21st centuryy skills be integrated in the teaching-
learning process
 5. cite implications of 21st century skills to educators and to pre-
service teacher preparation
 6. draw relevant life lesson and significant values from the
personal experience in attaining 21st century skills
 7. analyze research abstract on 21st century skills and its
implications on the teaching-learning process
 8. craft a curriculum plan matrix imbued with 21 st century
learning outcomes
THREE 21ST CENTURY SKILL
CATEGORIES

 CATEGORY 1. LEARNING and

innovation SKILLS (the four C’s)
 CATEGORY 2. INFORMATION, MEDIA
AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS (IMT)
 CATEGORY 3. LIFE AND CAREER
SKILLS (FLIPS)
CATEGORY 1. LEARNING AND INNOVATION
SKILLS (FOUR C’S)

 A. Critical thinking and problem solving: finding solutions to problems.

 Skill 1. work together effectively in team
 2. Reason effectively
 3. make judgements and decisions
 4. solve problems
 B. Creativity and innovation: thinking outside the box.
 Skill 1. think creatively
 2. work creatively with others
 3. implement innovation
 C. Collaboration: demonstrating ability to work effectively and
respectfully with diverse teams
 Skill 1. work together effectively in team.
 D. Communication : pertains to articulating thoughts and ideas effectively
using oral and written communication skills in a variety of forms and
contexts.
- Skills 1. communicate clearly.
CATEGORY 2. INFORMATION, MEDIA
AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS(IMT)
 A. Information literacy: refers to accessing and evaluating
information critically and competently and managing the flow of
information from a wide variety of sources.
 Skill 1. access and evaluate information
2. use and manage information
o B. Media literacy : understanding the methods and outlets in which
information is published.
- skill 1. Analyze media
2. create media products
o C. technology literacy: pertains to the use of technology as a tool
to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information.
- Skill 1. apply technology effectively
 CATEGORY 3. LIFE AND CAREER SKILLS
(FLIPS)

 A. flexibility and adaptability: deviating from plans as needed

 skill 1. adapt to change
2. be flexible
o B. Leadership and responsibility: motivating a team to
accomplish a goal
 Skill 1. guide and lead others
2. be responsiible to others
o C. Initiative and self-direction: starting projects, strategies,
and plans on one’s own
 Skill 1. manage goals and time
2. work independently
3. Be self-directed learner
4. Be responsible to others
CATEGORY 3. LIFE AND CAREER
SKILLS (FLIPS)
 D. Productivity and accountability : maintaining
effeciency in age of distractions
 Skill 1. manage projects
2. Produce results
o E. Social and cross-cultural skills: meeting and
networking with others for mutual benefit.
 Skill 1. interact effectively with others
2. Work effectively in diverse teams
 1.
21ST CENTURY
STANDARDS
1. Focus on the 21st Century Skills, content
knowledge and expertise

2. Build understanding across and among core

subjects, as well as 21st Century interdisciplinary
themes

3. Empasizes deep understanding rather than

shallow knowledge

4. Engage students with the real-world data, tools

and experts they will encounter in college, on the
job, and in life;students learn best when actively
engaged in solving meaningful problems

5. Allow for multiple measures of mastery

 2.
ASSESSMENT OF 21ST
CENTURY SKILLS
1. Supports a balance of assessments, including high
quality standardized testing along with effective
formative and summative classroom assessments
2. Emphasizes useful feedback on a student
performance that is embedded into everyday
learning
3. Requires a balance of technology- enhanced,
formative and summative assessments that measure
student mastery of 21st century skills
4. Enables development of portfolios of a student
work that demonstrate mastery of 21st Century
skills to education and prospective employers

5. Enables a balanced portfolio of measures to

assess te educational systems effectiveness in
reaching high reaching high levels of students
competency and 21st century skills
( AACTE, 2010)
 3.
21ST CENTURY
CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Teaches 21st century skills discretely in the
context of core subjects and 21st century
Interdisciplinary themes

2. Focuses on providing opportunities for applying

21st Century skills across content areas and for a
competency-based approach to learning

3. Enables innovative learning methods that

integrate the use of supportive technologies,
inquiry- and problem based approaches and
higher - order tinking skils

4. Encourages to integration of community

resources beyond school walls ( AACTE, 2010)
4.
THE 21ST CENTURY
PROFESSIONALS
DEVELOPMENT
1. Highlights ways teachers can seize opportunities for
integrating 21st century skills, tools and teaching
strategies into their classroom practice and help them
identify what activities they can replace/de-emphasize

2. Balances direct instruction wiith project - oriented

teaching methods

3. Illustrates how a deeper understanding of subject

matter can enhance can enhance problem -solving,
critical thinking, and other 21st century skills

4. Enables 21st century professional learning communities

for teachers that model the kinds of classroom learning
that best promotes 21st century skills for students.

5. Cultivates teachers ability to identify students

particular learning styles, intelligencies, strengths and
weaknesses
6. Helps teachers develop their abilities their
abilities to use various is strategies ( such as
formative assessments) to reach diverse students
and create environments that supoort
differentiated teaching and learning

7. Supports the continuous evaluation of students

21st century skills development

8. Encourages knowledge sharing among

communities of practitioners using face -to -
face, virtual and blended communications

9. Uses a scalable and sustainble model of

professional development ( AACTE, 2010)
 IMPLICATIONS OF 21ST
CENTURY SKILLS TO
EDUCATORS AND TO PRE-
SERVICE TEACHER
PREPARATION
 IMPLICATION TO EDUCATORS
 1. successfully complementing technologies to content
and pedagogy and develo[ing the ability to creatively
used technologies to meet specific learning needs ,
 2. aligning instruction with standards, particularly
those that embody 21st century knowledge and skills,
 3. balancing direct instruction strategically with
projected oriented teaching methods
 4. applying child and adolescent development
knowledge to educator preparation and education
policy
 5. using a range of assessment strategies to evaluate
student performance and differentiate instruction
IMPLICATION TO EDUCATORS
 6. participating actively in learning communities, tapping
the expertise within a school or school district through
coaching, mentoring, knowledge-sharing and team teaching
 7. acting as mentors and peer coaches with fellow educators
 8. using a range of strategies to reach diverse students and
to create environments that support differentiated
teaching and learning
 9. pursuing continous learning opportunities and embracing
career-long learning as professional ethics
 10. establishing a conductive learning environment where
learners can freely express themselves and explore their
potentials and capacities
IMPLICATION TO PRE-SERVICE
TEACHER PREAPARATION
 Since schools get rid of a one-size-fits-all system,
therefore pre- service teachers are expected to
play an active role in developing and organizing
content and instruction for their students.

 An effective 21st century skills aproach to

curruculum, in other words is designed for
understanding the program’’s curriculum will be
the most beneficial too pre-service teachers if it
is designed to produce deep undeerstanding and
authentic application of 21st century skills in all
subject areas
INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS
 It serves as a generarl framework for the
process of learning
 It is comprised of a variety of teaching
strategies and set of step-by- step
procedures that should be done to achieve
the instructional goals
 Each instructional model allows pre-service
teachers to present information and students
to engage with content in different ways.
Each classroom and each lesson will require a
different type of instructional model.
 The integration of innovative and research-
proven teaching strategies, modern learning
technologies and real world resources and
contexts are all critical. Educator programs
may wish to consider the following:
1. Integrating “teach 2. Creating rich
for understanding “ practice teaching
principles. experience

3. Creating dynamic 4. Examining the role

learning communities of content, pedagody
and peer mentoring and technologies in
networks developing higher-
order thinking skills
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
 Initiatives in creating 21st century teacher
education learning environment:
1. establish a 21st century vision for learning
environmennts in the program and the university;
2. ensure that the physical infrastructure
supports 21st century knowledge and skills;
3. practice flexibility in time for project-based
work and competency-based assessment;
4. ensure technical infrastructure and
sufficiently supports learning; and
5. strengthen networking engagement in the
learning environment.
PARTNERSHIPS
 Partnerships are important in the work of transformning
21st century teacher preparation programs along the
line, teamwork within the program and the institution
is imperative fro sustainability and development.
Continous improvement
 Any implementation effort should include continous
improvement steps to:
 1. clearly identify measurable goals;
 2. track progress regularly against these goals;
 3. communicate progress to all stakeholders; and
 4. engage all participants in refining and improving
success over time
 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SKILLS: A
NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL-BASED
AGRICULTURE EDUCATION TEACHERS
Preparing students to be career-and-work ready is
a concern of educators and school nationwide.
Twenty-first century skills prepare students to
enter the workforce or higher education with the
ability to think critically and creatively,
collaborate with others, take the initiative when
approach with a task, and use technology to its
fullest potential.
 ANALYSIS:
 How can 21st Century Skills prepare
students to each workforce and higher
education?
 IMPLICATION:
 Why do you think professional development
on teaching 21st Century skills is needed by
teachers in the field?
 SYNTHESIS AND LEARNING
REFLECTION
 The term 21st century skills refers to a broad set of
knowledge, skills, work habits, and character
traits that are critically important in todays world
particularly in collegiate programs and
contemporary careers and work place.

 The partnership for 21st Century Skills encompass a

wide-range body of knowledge and skills that are
interconnected with applied skills, cross curricular
skills, cross-disciplinary skills, interdisciplinary
skills, transferable skills, transversal skills,
noncognitive skills, and soft skills.
 To succeed in life and their future career,
students must hone and empowered themselves
with learning and innovation skills, information,
media and technology skills, life and career
skills, and social and cross-culture skills.

 The integration of 21st Century skills must be

continuously practiced along standards and
assessments, curriculum and instruction,
professional development, and learning
environments.
 Considering that teachers are the greatest
mobilizers of 21st century education,
therefore, pre-service teachers must be
rigidly trained on these skills to prepare
them for their future professional career
roles.
DIRECTION:
WRITE YOUR OWN CONCEPT OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS IN EACH OF
THE RAINBOW LINES DEPICTED BY THE CATEGORIES. THEN, ON THE
BOX BELOW, WRITE YOUR BRIEF EXPLANATION TO INDICATE YOUR
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS TOPIC.

Life and Cereer Skills

Information, Media and

Technology Skills

Learning Skills

21st Century
Skills
Categories
MY UNDERSTANDING
DIRECTION:
CRAFT A SAMPLE OF OUTCOMES-BASED CURRICULUM PLAN
IMBUED WITH 21ST CENTURY LEARNING OUTCOMES. USE THE
TEMPLATE SAMPLE PROVIDED BELOW

SAMPLE OBE CURRICULUM PLAN

Subject
Area:
Learning Topic Time Teaching Assessment Materials
Outcome Allotment Learning task Reference
Activities
A. Learning and Innovation Skills

B. Information, Media and Technology Skills

C. Life and Career Skills

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