TEACHERS’ EDUCATION PROGRAM
BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
SECOND YEAR
BUILDING AND ENHANCING LITERACIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
PED 2
STUDENT LEARNING MODULE 2
BASIC CONCEPTS OF LITERACIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF BOTOLAN
Botolan, Zambales
NOTE:
Do not write anything here. Write your answers on separate sheets provided at the back matter of this Student
Learning Module.
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Republic of the Philippines
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF BOTOLAN
(Formerly Botolan Community College)
Botolan Zambales
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.pcbzambales.com
Contact #: 0949 155 3113
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ENGAGE Activity 1: Activate Prior Knowledge 3
EXPLORE Activity 2: Guess What! 4
What is 21st Century Learning? 4
Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher 4-6
EXPLAIN
The 21st Century Skills 6-10
Social Phenomena and Shared Cultural Practices Across Learning 10-11
ELABORATE Activity 3: The way it should be 11
EVALUATE 21st Century Teacher 11
REFERENCES Electronic References 12
ANSWER SHEETS 13-14
COURSE OUTLINE
PRELIM COVERAGE
TIME FRAME MODULE NO. TOPICS
Week 1 Module 1 Introduction to New Literacies
Week 2-3 Module 2 Basic Concepts of Literacies in the 21st Century
Week 4 Module 3 Globalization and Multi-cultural Literacy
Week 5 Module 4 Social Literacy
Week 6 Module 5 Financial Literacy
Week 7 Module 6 Media, Cyber/Digital Literacy
OVERVIEW
This course introduces the concept of new literacies in the 21st century as an evolving social
phenomena and shared cultural practices across learning areas. The 21 st century literacies shall include (a)
globalization and multi-cultural literacy, (b) social literacy, (c) media literacy, (d) financial literacy, (e)
cyber/digital
Z literacy, (f) eco-literacy and (g) arts and creativity literacy. Field-based interdisciplinary
exploration and other teaching strategies shall be used in this subject. Fluency in multi-literacies shall be
developed among learners to cope in today’s fast changing world.
New trends are introduced in today’s world that needs new literacies that students should acquire.
Without these skills students are left to memorize facts, recall details and relegate their educational
experience to passivity. In the 21st century, students skills such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical-
thinking and problem-solving the school need to teach to help students response with the powerful demand
of the real world.
Enjoy learning despite this COVID-19 pandemic!
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TITLE BASIC CONCEPTS OF LITERACIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
LEARNING
OUTCOMES • describe the basic concepts of 21st century learning literacy and the
teaching-learning characteristics;
• identify the characteristics of a 21st century teacher;
• categorize the 21st century skills;
• explain the different social phenomena and shared cultural practices
across learning; and
• appreciate the integration of social phenomena and shared cultural
practices in teaching and learning the skills of the new literacies.
Activity 1. Activate Prior Knowledge
ENGAGE
Directions: Fill in the K-W-L Chart below. On the first column, write everything you
know about 21st Century Learning. On the second column, write what else you want to
know about this topic and on the third column after reading this module, write what you
learned about 21st Century Learning.
K W L
(What I know) (What I want to know) (What I learned)
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Activity 2. Guess What!
EXPLORE Directions: Identify what is described in each of the following items. Choose your
answers in the box below.
1. Finding solutions to problems
2. Thinking outside the box
3. Working with others
4. Talking to others
5. Understanding facts, figures, statistics, and data
6. Understanding the methods and outlets in which information is published
7. Understanding the machines that make the Information Age possible
8. Starting projects, strategies, and plans on one’s own
9. Maintaining efficiency in an age of distractions
10. Meeting and networking with others for mutual benefit
Initiative Productivity
Media Literacy Technology Literacy
Communication Critical Thinking
Social Skills Information Literacy
Creativity Collaboration
EXPLAIN
basic and pow
What is 21st Century Learning?
According to Wesling, 21st century learning embodies an approach to teaching that marries to
content to skill. The 21st century learning as defined by the Director of the Offcie of Educational Technology
in the United States of America, Department of Education, Karen Cator, success in the 21st century requires
knowing to learn. Students today will likely have several careers in their lifetime. They must develop strong
critical thinking and interpersonal communication skills in order to be successful in an increasing fluid,
interconnected, and complex world.
The integration of the 21st century skills in teaching is focusing on preparing students to be learners
for life. The past conception lo learning as core knowledge in subject areas are recasts them for today’s
complex world where a global perspective and collaboration skills are critical. It is no longer enough to “know
things”. It is even more important to stay curious about finding things out. (https://www.edglossary.org/21st-
century-skills/)
Characteristics of 21st Century Teacher (Palmer, T., 2015)
The new trends of technological advancement inform the teachers on how teaching may look like
today. It affects many areas of lives such as the way an individual communicates, collaborates, learn and
teach. These changes make the expansion of our vocabulary or a necessity for us to produce new definitions
needed and the new characteristics of teachers for the 21st century.
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15 Characteristics of a 21st Century teacher
1. Learner-centered classroom and personalized instruction : As students have access to
any information possible, there certainly is no need to spoon-feed them knowledge or teach
one-size-fits-all content. Students have different personalities, goals, and needs, and offering
personalized instruction is not just possible but desirable. When students are allowed to make
their own choices, they own their learning, increase intrinsic motivation, and put in more effort —
an ideal recipe for better learning outcomes.
2. Students as producers: Today’s students have the latest and greatest tools, yet the usage
in many cases barely goes beyond communicating with family and friends via chat, text, or calls.
Even though students are now viewed as digital natives, many are far from producing any digital
content. They own expensive devices with capabilities to produce blogs, infographics, b ooks,
how-to videos, and tutorials, just to name a few, but in many classes they are still asked to turn
those devices off and work with handouts and worksheets.
Sadly, often these papers are simply thrown away once graded. Many students don’t even want
to do them, let alone keep or return to them later. When given a chance, students can produce
beautiful and creative blogs, movies, or digital stories that they feel proud of and share with
others.
3. Learn new technologies: In order to be able to offer stu dents choices, having one’s own
hands-on experience and expertise will be useful. Since technology keeps developing, learning
a tool once and for all is not an option. The good news is that new tech nologies are new for the
novice and and experienced teache rs alike, so everyone can jump in at any time .
4. Go global: Today’s tools make it possible to learn about other countries and people firsthand.
Of course, textbooks are still sufficient, yet there’s nothing like learning languages, cultures,
and communication skills by actually talking to people from other parts of the world.
It’s a shame that with all the tools available, we still learn about other cultures, people, and
events from the media. Teaching students how to use the tools in their hands to visit —at least
virtually—any corner of this planet will hopefully make us more knowledgeable and sympathetic.
5. Be smart and use smartphones: Once again—when students are encouraged to view their
devices as valuable tools that support knowledge (rather than a s distractions), they start using
them as such. I remember my first years of teaching when I would not allow cell phones in class
and I’d try to explain every new vocabulary word or answer every question myself —something
I wouldn’t even think of doing toda y.
6. Blog: I have written on the importance of both student and teacher blogging. Even my
beginners of English could see the value of writing for real audience and establishing their
digital presence. To blog or not to blog should not be a question any more.
7. Go digital: Another important attribute is to go paperless —organizing teaching resources
and activities on one’s own website and integrating technology can bring students’ learning
experience to a different level. Sharing links and o ffering digital discussions as opposed to a
constant paper flow allows students to access and share class resources in a more organized
fashion.
8. Collaborate: Technology allows collaboration between teachers and students. Creating
digital resources, presentations, and projects together with other educators and students will
make classroom activities resemble the real world. Collaboration should go beyond sharing
documents via email or creating PowerPoint presentations. Many great ideas never go beyond
a conversation or paper copy, which is a great loss. Collaboration globally can change our entire
experience.
9. Use chats: Participating in chats is the cheapest and most efficient way to organize one’s PD,
share research and ideas, and stay current with issues and upda tes in the field. We can grow
professionally and expand our knowledge as there are great conversation s happening every
day, and going to conferences is no longer the only way to meet others and build professional
learning networks.
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10. Connect: Connect with like-minded individuals. Again, today’s tools allow us to connect
with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Have a question for an expert or colleague? Simply connect
via social media: follow, join, ask, or tell.
11. Project-based learning: As today’s students have access to authentic resources on the
web, experts anywhere in the world, and peers learning the sam e subject somewhere else,
teaching with textbooks is very 20th-century. Today’s students should develop their own driving
questions, conduct their resear ch, contact experts, and create final projects to share, all using
devices already in their hands. All they need from their teacher is guidance.
12. Build your positive digital footprint : It might sound obvious, but it is for today’s teachers
to model how to appropriately use social media, how to produce and publish valuable content,
and how to create sharable resources. Even though it’s true that teachers are people, and they
want to use social media and post their pictures and thoughts, we cannot ask our students not
to do inappropriate things online if we ourselves do them. Maintaining professional behavi or
both in class and online will help build positive digital footprint and model appropriate actions
for students.
13. Code: While this one might sound complicated, coding is nothing but today’s literacy. As
pencils and pens were the tools of the 20th century, today’s teacher must be able to operate
with today’s pen and pencil—computers. Coding is very interesting to learn —the feeling of
writing a page with HTML is amazing. Even though I have a ways to go, just like in every other
field, a step at a time can go a long way. Again, Lynda.com is a great resource to start with.
14. Innovate: I invite you to expand your teaching toolbox and try new ways you h ave not tried
before, such as teaching with social media or replacing textbooks with web resources. Not fo r
the sake of tools but for the sake of students.
15. Keep learning: As new tools and new technology keep emerging, learning and adapting is
essential. The good news is: It’s fun, and even 20 minutes a day will take you a long way.
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/15-characteristics-21st-century-teacher
The 21st Century Skills
The 21st century skills are the 12 abilities that students’ today need to succeed in their career during
the Information Age (Stauffer, B., 2020)
1. Critcal thinking
2. Creativity
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Information literacy
6. Media literacy
7. Technology literacy
8. Flexibility
9. Leadership
10. Initiative
11. Productivity
12. Social skill
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These skills are intended to help students to cope-up with the challenges of the modern markets.
The preparedness of the teachers is also a challenge on how they will teach these skills efficiently and
effectively.
The Three 21st Century Skill Categories
Each 21st Century skill is broken into one of three categories:
1. Learning skills
2. Literacy skills
3. Life skills
1. Learning skills (the four C’s) teaches students about the mental processes required to adapt and
improve upon a modern work environment.
2. Literacy skills (IMT) focuses on how students can discern facts, publishing outlets, and the technology
behind them. There’s a strong focus on determining trustworthy sources and factual information to
separate it from the misinformation that floods the Internet.
3. Life skills (FLIPS) take a look at intangible elements of a student’s everyday life. These intangibles
focus on both personal and professional qualities.
Altogether, these categories cover all 12 21st Century skills that contribute to a student’s future career.
Category 1. Learning Skills (The Four C’s)
The four C’s are by far the most popular 21st Century skills. These skills are also called learning skills.
More educators know about these skills because they’re universal needs for any career. They also vary in
terms of importance, depending on an individual’s career aspirations.
The 4 C's of 21st Century Skills are:
11. Critical thinking: Finding solutions to problems
12. Creativity: Thinking outside the box
13. Collaboration: Working with others
14. Communication: Talking to others
Arguably, critical thinking is the most important quality for someone to have in health sciences.
In business settings, critical thinking is essential to improvement. It’s the mechanism that weeds out
problems and replaces them with fruitful endeavors. It’s what helps students figure stuff out for themselves
when they don’t have a teacher at their disposal.
Creativity is equally important as a means of adaptation. This skill empowers students to see
concepts in a different light, which leads to innovation.
In any field, innovation is key to the adaptability and overall success of a company. Learning creativity as a
skill requires someone to understand that “the way things have always been done” may have been best 10
years ago — but someday, that has to change.
Collaboration means getting students to work together, achieve compromises, and get the best
possible results from solving a problem.
Collaboration may be the most difficult concept in the four C’s. But once it’s mastered, it can bring companies
back from the brink of bankruptcy.
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The key element of collaboration is willingness. All participants have to be willing to sacrifice parts of their
own ideas and adopt others to get results for the company. That means understanding the idea of a “greater
good,” which in this case tends to be company-wide success.
Finally, communication is the glue that brings all of these educational qualities together.
Communication is a requirement for any company to maintain profitability. It’s crucial for students to learn
how to effectively convey ideas among different personality types. That has the potential to eliminate
confusion in a workplace, which makes your students valuable parts of their teams, departments, and
companies. Effective communication is also one of the most underrated soft skills in the United States. For
many, it’s viewed as a “given,” and some companies may even take good communication for granted. But
when employees communicate poorly, whole projects fall apart. No one can clearly see the objectives they
want to achieve. No one can take responsibility because nobody’s claimed it. Without understanding proper
communication, students in the 21st Century will lack a pivotal skill to progress their careers.
But the four C’s are only the beginning. 21st Century skills also require students to understand the
information that’s around them.
Category 2. Literacy Skills (IMT)
Literacy skills are the next category of 21st Century skills.
They’re sometimes called IMT skills, and they’re each concerned with a different element in digital
comprehension.
The three 21st Century literacy skills are:
• Information literacy: Understanding facts, figures, statistics, and data
• Media literacy: Understanding the methods and outlets in which information is published
• Technology literacy: Understanding the machines that make the Information Age possible
Information literacy is the foundational skill. It helps students understand facts, especially data
points, that they’ll encounter online.
More importantly, it teaches them how to separate fact from fiction. In an age of chronic misinformation,
finding truth online has become a job all on its own. It’s crucial that students can identify honesty on their
own. Otherwise, they can fall prey to myths, misconceptions, and outright lies.
Media literacy is the practice of identifying publishing methods, outlets, and sources while
distinguishing between the ones that are credible and the ones that aren’t.
Just like the previous skill, media literacy is helpful for finding truth in a world that’s saturated with information.
This is how students find trustworthy sources of information in their lives. Without it, anything
that looks credible becomes credible. But with it, they can learn which media outlets or formats to ignore.
They also learn which ones to embrace, which is equally important.
Last, technology literacy goes another step further to teach students about the machines involved
in the Information Age.
As computers, cloud programming, and mobile devices become more important to the world, the world needs
more people to understand those concepts. Technology literacy gives students the basic information they
need to understand what gadgets perform what tasks and why. This understanding removes the intimidating
feeling that technology tends to have. After all, if you don’t understand how technology works, it might as
well be magic. But technology literacy unmasks the high-powered tools that run today’s world. As a result,
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students can adapt to the world more effectively. They can play an important role in its evolution. They might
even guide its future.
But to truly round out a student’s 21st Century skills, they need to learn from a third category.
Category 3. Life Skills (FLIPS)
Life skills is the final category. Also called FLIPS, these skills all pertain to someone’s personal life, but
they also bleed into professional settings.
The five 21st Century life skills are:
• Flexibility: Deviating from plans as needed
• Leadership: Motivating a team to accomplish a goal
• Initiative: Starting projects, strategies, and plans on one’s own
• Productivity: Maintaining efficiency in an age of distractions
• Social skills: Meeting and networking with others for mutual benefit
•
Flexibility is the expression of someone’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
This is one of the most challenging qualities to learn for students because it’s based on two uncomfortable
ideas:
1. Your way isn’t always the best way
2. You have to know and admit when you’re wrong
That’s a struggle for a lot of students, especially in an age when you can know any bit of information at the
drop of a hat. Flexibility requires them to show humility and accept that they’ll always have a lot to learn —
even when they’re experienced. Still, flexibility is crucial to a student’s long-term success in a career.
Knowing when to change, how to change, and how to react to change is a skill that’ll pay dividends for
someone’s entire life. It also plays a big role in the next skill in this category.
Leadership is someone’s penchant for setting goals, walking a team through the steps required, and
achieving those goals collaboratively.
Whether someone’s a seasoned entrepreneur or a fresh hire just starting their careers, leadership applies
to career. Entry-level workers need leadership skills for several reasons. The most important is that it helps
them understand the decisions that managers and business leaders make. Then, those entry-level
employees can apply their leadership skills when they’re promoted to middle management (or the
equivalent). This is where 21st Century skill learners can apply the previous skills they’ve learned. It’s also
where they get the real-world experience they need to lead entire companies. As they lead individual
departments, they can learn the ins and outs of their specific careers. That gives ambitious students the
expertise they need to grow professionally and lead whole corporations.
True success also requires initiative, requiring students to be self-starters.
Initiative only comes naturally to a handful of people. As a result, students need to learn it to fully succeed.
This is one of the hardest skills to learn and practice. Initiative often means working on projects outside of
regular working hours. The rewards for students with extreme initiative vary from person to person.
Sometimes they’re good grades. Other times they’re new business ventures. Sometimes, it’s spending an
extra 30 minutes at their jobs wrapping something up before the weekend. Regardless, initiative is an
attribute that earns rewards. It’s especially indicative of someone’s character in terms of work ethic and
professional progress. That goes double when initiative is practiced with qualities like flexibility and
leadership.
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Along with initiative, 21st Century skills require students to learn about productivity. That’s a
student’s ability to complete work in an appropriate amount of time.
In business terms, it’s called “efficiency.” The common goal of any professional — from entry-level employee
to CEO — is to get more done in less time. By understanding productivity strategies at every level, students
discover the ways in which they work best while gaining an appreciation for how others work as well. That
equips them with the practical means to carry out the ideas they determine through flexibility, leadership,
and initiative. Still, there’s one last skill that ties all other 21st Century skills together.
Social skills are crucial to the ongoing success of a professional. Business is frequently done through
the connections one person makes with others around them. This concept of networking is more active in
some industries than others, but proper social skills are excellent tools for forging long-lasting relationships.
While these may have been implied in past generations, the rise of social media and instant communications
have changed the nature of human interaction. As a result, today’s students possess a wide range of social
skills. Some are more socially adept than others. Some are far behind their peers. And some lucky few may
be far ahead, as socializing comes naturally to them. But most students need a crash course in social skills
at least. Etiquette, manners, politeness, and small talk still play major roles in today’s world. That means
some students need to learn them in an educational setting instead of a social setting. For them, it’s another
skill to add to their lives.
(https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/what-are-21st-century-skills)
Nine Lessons on how to Teach 21st Century Skills and Knowledge
The world demands the urgency to develop the skills and knowledge of the students to face the
reality of the complex world in order for the students to be successful in economic and civic in the 21st
century. These skills needed by the students are difficult to teach and learn. This is the time to innovate the
transmission of the factual knowledge via lectures and textbooks into new pedagogy that can address the
needs for the 21st century skills.
Here are the results of empirical research about how individual learn. The research suggests nine
lessons that inform how to teach these skills (Savedra, A.R. & Opfer, V.D., 2012)
1. Make it relevant
2. Teach through the discipline
3. Develop lower and higher-order thinking skills at the same time
4. Encouorage transfer of learning
5. Teach students to learn (meta-cognition)
6. Address misunderstanding directly
7. Promote teamwork as a process and outcome
8. Exploit technology to support learning
9. Foster students’ creativity
https://www.rand.org/blog/2012/nine-lessons-on-how-to-teach-21st-century-skills-and.html
Social Phenomena and shared Cultural Practices Across Learning
Social Phenomena are the influence and influencer of a society in several beneficial and detrimental
ways. It is the influence of influencer of a society respondent giving rise and fall phenomena based on the
state of humanity. The modern world faces many social phenomenon issues; many of these issues are
obscure in their development , impact and subsequent implication (Kilhefner, 2017)
There are a different social phenomenon that affects the social development in the 21st century of
the different countries and social groups (Gambheera, H., 2016)
1. School violence
2. Drug use
3. Video games
4. Disasters
5. Migration and urbanization
6. Terrorism
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http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-
9962;year=2016;volume=32;issue;epage=242;aulast=Gambheera
the social phenomena and the shared cultural practices are part of the challenges in the teaching-learning
process. For the teachers, it is how they will integrate the 21st century learning skills in teaching the students
using the appropriate pedagogy, methods and strategies catering the diversity of culture. It is also the
challenge of the students on how to response on the social phenomena that they might experience using
the skills they learn.
https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/culture-in-the-classroom.
http://www.theedadvocate.org/what-is-cuturally-responsive-pedagogy
Activity 3: The way it should be! Research more social phenomena and explain how
ELABORATE it affects the people living in the society.
21st Century Skill needed in
responding to Social
Social Phenomena Effect
Phenomena
1.
2.
3.
EVALUATION
Choose at least 3 characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher. Look for a picture that describe your
chosen characteristics and paste it on the box provided. Write down below specific examples of each
characteristics.
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References
https://www.edglossary.org/21st-century-skills/
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/15-characteristics-21st-century-teacher
https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/what-are-21st-century-skills
https://www.rand.org/blog/2012/nine-lessons-on-how-to-teach-21st-century-skills-and.html
http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-
9962;year=2016;volume=32;issue;epage=242;aulast=Gambheera
https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/culture-in-the-classroom
http://www.theedadvocate.org/what-is-cuturally-responsive-pedagogy
https://www.scribd.com/document/493424769/Revised-Building-and-Enhancing-New-Literacies-Across-
the-Curriculum
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Republic of the Philippines
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF BOTOLAN
(Formerly Botolan Community College)
Botolan Zambales
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.pcbzambales.com
Contact #: 0949 155 3113
BUILDING AND ENHANCING LITERACIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
MODULE 2
BASIC CONCEPTS OF LITERACIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
NAME: SCORE:
COURSE/ YR&SEC: DATE SUBMITTED:
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: CHARLIE T. CARREON
ENGAGE: ACTIVITY 1: Activate prior knowledge
K W L
(What I know) (What I want to know) (What I learned)
EXPLORE: Activity 2: Guess What!
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
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ELABORATE: Activity 3: The way it should be
21st Century Skill needed in
responding to Social
Social Phenomena Effect
Phenomena
1.
2.
3.
EVALUATION:
Choose at least 3 characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher. Look for a picture that describe your
chosen characteristics and paste it on the box provided. Write down below specific examples of each
characteristics. (use a separate sheet of paper if the space is not enough)
FEEDBACK/ RECOMMENDATION/S:
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