21st

Century
Education
 What is 21st Century
Education?
A 21st century education is about giving students the
skills they need to succeed in this new world, and
helping them grow the confidence to practice those
skills.
21st Century Learning
has four ‘Skills for
Today’:
• Creativity
• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration
 21st Century
School
Schools in the 21st century focus on a
project-based curriculum for life that would
engage students in addressing real-world
problems.
This has become an innovation in education,
from textbook driven, teacher-centered,
paper-and-pencil schooling into a better
understanding of the concept of knowledge.
 Implications for
teachers
Teachers must discover
01 student interest by helping
them see what and how
they are learning to
03 They must be flexible on
how they teach; and
prepare them for life in the
real-world.
They must excite learners
02 They must instill curiosity,
which is fundamental to
lifelong learning;
04 to become more
resourceful so that they
will continue to learn
outside formal school.
21st Century
Curriculum

The 21st Century Curriculum has critical

attributes that are Interdisciplinary, project-
based and research-driven.

Learning is not confined through memorization of

facts and figures alone but rather is connected to
previous knowledge, personal experience,
interests, talents and habits.
21ST Century Learning
Environment

21st Century Classroom is not confined to a literal

classroom building but learning environment
where students collaborate with their peers.

In the process of creating a world-class 21st century

learning environment, building new schools and remodeling
of present school facilities can be addressed toward creating
environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and “green”
school.
TECHNOLOGY IN
THE 21ST
PEDAGOGY
Technologies are not ends themselves but these
are tools students use to create knowlwfge for
personal and social change. All classroom should
have televisions to watch broadcasts created by
the school and other schools around.

21st Century learning recognizes full access to

technology.
21st century learning is the
accumulation of knowledge,
work habits and soft skills,
including digital literacy,
critical thinking and problem-
solving, that will help
students lead successful
careers in the modern
workplace.
21st Century Skills Outcome and the
Demands in the Job Market.
01 02 03

Learning skills Literacy skills Life skills

these include critical these include are flexibility,
thinking, information initiative, social
communication, literacy, media skills, productivity,
collaboration, and literacy, technology and leadership.
creativity. literacy
 The 21st C e n t u r y
L ea r n in g I m p l ica ti o n s
In this century, education becomes more
important to ensure students to get a skill,
innovation ability, creativity, teamwork, and
learn how to use life skill in their life. 21st-
century learning is more than just the 3Rs
(reading, writing, and arithmetic). It emphasizes
the importance of critical thinking, creativity,
collaboration, and communication skills
 A Paradigm Shift for 21st Century
Education
BEFORE 21ST 21ST
CENTURY EDUCATION CENTURY EDUCATION

Before, education was time-based and focused on In contrast, 21st century education is outcome-based and
memorization of discrete facts, with lower order thinking focuses on what students know, can do, and are like after all
skills being emphasized. It was textbook-driven and passive, the details are forgotten. Higher order thinking skills such as
with learners working in isolation in a walled classroom. The metacognition are emphasized. Learners work
teacher was the dispenser of knowledge and there was little collaboratively with classmates and others around the
student freedom. There were "discipline problems" due to a world in a global classroom. The teacher is a
lack of trust between educators and students, resulting in facilitator/coach of students' learning rather than just a
low student motivation. dispenser of knowledge.
 The Critical Attributes of 21st
Century Education
Education continuously changes dramatically. throughout time.
There is a paradigm shift in the way teaching and learning is
delivered. Therefore, the 21st Century teacher needs to develop
essential knowledge, skills and values in order to cope with these
changes and address students' need (21st Century Schools, 2011).

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The following are eight attributes of
21st Century education and their
implications:
• Integrated and Interdisciplinary. Education in the 21st
Century is a characterized by interfacing various disciplines
in an integrated manner rather 'than compartmentalizing its
subsequent parts.

2. Technologies and Multimedia. Education in the 21st

Century makes optimum use of available Information and
Communication Technology (ICT), as well as multimedia to 1
improve the teaching and learning process, including online
applications and technology platforms.
The following are eight attributes of
21st Century education and their
implications:
3. Global Classrooms. Education in the 21st Century aims to
produce global citizens by exposing students to the issues and
concerns in the local, national and global societies.

4. Creating/Adapting to Constant Personal and Social Change

and Lifelong Learning. Education in the 21st Century subscribes
to the belief that learning does not end within the four walls of
the classroom. Instead, it can take place anywhere, anytime 1
regardless of age.
The following are eight attributes of
21st Century education and their
implications:
5. Student-Centered. Education in the 21st Century is focused
on students as learners while addressing their needs.

6. 21st Century Skills. Education in the 21st Century

demonstrates the skills needed in becoming productive
members of society.

7. Project-Based and Research-Driven. 21st Century education

emphasizes data, information and evidence-based decision 1

making through student activities that encourage active

The Characteristics of a 21st Century
Teacher
The 21st Century teaching-learning
environment becomes more complicated brought by
technological changes. Therefore, teachers should be
able to cope with and adapt to these changes.

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The Characteristics of a 21st Century
Teacher
1.Multi-literate. Teachers know how to use various
technologies in teaching.
2. Multi-specialist. Teachers are not only knowledgeable in
the course subject they teach but also in other areas so
that they can help the learner build up what they gain in
the classroom and outside the school and make sense of
what was learned.
3. Multi-skilled. Teachers cope with the demand for
widening learning opportunities by being skillful not just in
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teaching but also in facilitating and organizing groups and
activities.
The Characteristics of a 21st Century
Teacher
4.Self-directed. Teachers are responsible for various aspects
of school life and know how to initiate action to realize the
learning goals of the students and the educational goals of
the country, at large.

5.Lifelong learner. Teachers, embrace the ideal that

learning never ends. Therefore, teachers must be
constantly updated on the latest information related to
their subject and pedagogic trends. They should also share
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what they are learning with their students and colleagues
with a high sense of professionalism.
The Characteristics of a 21st Century
Teacher
6. Flexible. Teachers are able to adapt to various learning
styles and needs of the learners. They can facilitate learner-
centered teaching with flexibility using alternative modes of
delivery.

7. Creative problem solver. Teachers create innovative

ideas and effective solutions to the arising problems in the
field, be it in the classroom, in the school or the profession
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as a whole.
The Characteristics of a 21st Century
Teacher
8. Critical thinker. Teachers are critical thinkers as they
encourage students to reflect on what they have learned,
and rekindle in them the desire to ask questions, reason
out, probe, and establish their own, knowledge and belief.

9. Has a passion for excellent teaching. Teachers possess

passion in the teaching profession to ensure that students
are motivated to learn under their guidance and care.
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The Characteristics of a 21st Century
Teacher

10. High Emotional Quotient (EQ). Teachers do not just

have the head but also the heart to teach. Teaching is
emotionally taxing but an influential job as it involves
interaction with human beings.

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 Common 21st Century Technology
Tools for Learning

As teacher for the 21st Century, no one can escape

from the reality that we are now in a borderless society. It
is, therefore, important that we should know different
technology tools for learning to respond to the needs of
21st Century learners' and the demands of the times. The
following are common 21st Century technology tools.
Affinity
Groups.
These are groups or
communities that unite
individuals with common
interests. Electronic spaces
extend the range of
possibilities for such groups.

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Blogs

Web logs or "blogs" are

interactive websites, often
open to the public that can
include Web links,
photographs and audio and
video elements.

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 E-portfolio
E-portfolio. It refers to student's
works that are generated selected,
organized, stored and revised
digitally: Often, electronic portfolios
are accessible to multiple audiences
and can be moved from one site to
another easily. It can document the
process of learning, promote
integrative thinking, display final
work, and/or provide a space for
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reflective learning.
 Hypertext
These are electronic texts that
provide multiple links and allow
users to trace ideas in
immediate and idiosyncratic
directions. Hypermedia adds
sound, video, animation, and/or
virtual reality environments to
the user's choices.
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 Podcasts
These are digitalized audio files
that are stored on the Internet
and downloaded to. listeners'
computers. or most likely to MP3
players. The term "podcast"
comes from iPod, the popular
MP3 player.

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 Web 2.0
This refers to a second
generation of Web-based
communities that demonstrate
the participatory literacies that
students need for the 21st
century.

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 Myspace
(http://www.Myspace.com). It is
a social networking website that
offers an interactive personal
profiles, blogs, groups, photos,
music and videos internationally.
Students can rate professors,
discuss books, and connect with
high school and college
classmates here. 2
 Second Life
(http://www.secondlife.com). It
is an Internet-based 3-D virtual
world that uses avatars (digital
representations) to explore,
socialize, participate in individual
or group activities, create and
trade items (virtual property)
and services.
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 Semantic
Web
It is an extension of the current Web
that puts data into a common format
so that instead of humans working
with individual search engines (e.g.,
Google, Ask Jeeves) to locate
information, the search engines
themselves feed into a single
mechanism' that provides this
searching on its own. Sometimes
called Web 3.0, this technology
enables integration of virtually all
kinds of information for more efficient
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and comprehensive retrieval.
 Webkinz

(http://www.webkinz.com). It is an
Internet simulation wherein
children learn pet care and other
skills.

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 Wiki
Wiki. It refers to software that
fosters collaboration and
communication online. Wikis enable
students to create, comment upon,
and revise collaborative projects.
One of the most prominent is
Wikipedia
(http://www.wikipedia.org),an
online multilingual free-content
encyclopedia, which has 7.9 million
articles in 253 languages 2
 Youtube
(http://www.Youtube.com). It is a
popular website for video sharing
where users can upload, view and
share video footage, including
movie clips, TV clips, and music
videos, even student-produced
videos.

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 Google Docs
It allows students to collaborate
with other people and the
document materials that need to
be compiled, processed, transacted
and analyzed.

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 Prezi

It allows individuals to use pre-

made, creative presentation
templates.

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 Easybib

It allows individuals to generate

citations in any given format.

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Social media platforms (Facebook,
Twitter, Edmodo, Schoology,
Instagram, etc.). These are means
to communicate and share ideas
among users.

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Smartboards and audience
response systems. These are
replacement for traditional
chalkboards or whiteboards in
classrooms.

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ReadWriteThink.org.
(www.readwritethink.org). It is
a repository of standards-based
literacy lessons that offer
teachers instructional ideas for
Internet integration.

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WebQuest Page
(www.webquest.org). It
provides Webquests on an
array of topics across content
areas with a template for
creating one's own.

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LiteracyWeb
(http://www.literacy.uconn.edu)
. It is an online portal that
includes a large number of new
literacy's resources for new
literacies for teachers. (
http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_
glossary.html#t
)
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 Canva
Canva makes designing
beautiful creative assets easy
for everyone. From social
media images, videos and gifs
to posters, websites, booklets,
multimedia presentations, and
heaps more, Canva is an
invaluable tool for helping you
level up your design skills,
even if you're just getting 2

started.
 StuDocu
StuDocu is a very
comprehensive platform that
helps students get detailed
notes on almost all the
subjects, no matter which
university they are studying in.
Aside from notes, students can
also get summaries, books and
assignments.
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 Scribd
Provides access to millions of
ebooks, audiobooks,
magazines, podcasts,
documents and more across
three unique platforms:
Everand offers millions of
audiobooks, ebooks,
magazines, newspapers,
podcasts and sheet music.
Scribd hosts millions of 2

documents.
 Quora Digest
Is an email newsletter service
that sends personalized emails
containing interesting
questions and answers based
on your interests.

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 Brainly
Provides a platform where
students, parents, and teachers
help others with homework
questions. The website is
intended to strengthen
student's skills across subjects
such as English, mathematics,
science, and social studies.

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Thank You
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