2. At the end of this chapter, you are
expected to:
• Differentiate the roles of teachers and
students in the earlier years and in the
21st century of instruction.
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4. Teaching and learning is a journey in
education that we treasure most. It is not only
the ‘matter’ or the ‘what to teach’ that is
important, but the ‘manner of delivery’ or
‘how to teach’ plays a very important role in
today’s teaching and learning environment.
Also, it is not only the ‘matter’ or the ‘what
was learned’ that is significant, but the
‘quality or the authenticity of learning’
where students become life-ready.
5. Teachers of Yesteryears Teachers of the 21st Century
• Disseminate information
through lectures
Allow students to solve real-
world problems
• Require students to
memorize contents from
textbooks
Allow students to construct
their own understanding of
the subject matter.
• Make use of textbooks and
workbooks as their reference
Make use of manipulative
materials; makes use of
multitude of prints and
electronic sources.
• Give assessments through
written examinations
Give performance-based
assessments (Performance
tasks)
6. Teachers of Yesteryears Teachers of the 21st Century
• Focus on their responsibility
and relationship with the
students as recipients of
knowledge
Widen their responsibility and
their relationship with
colleagues, community, and
other stakeholders in
acquiring clear and
obtainable standards for the
knowledge, skills, and values
that students are expected to
acquire
• Followers of policies
prescribed by the school
Participate in the decision-
making in schools.
7. Teachers of Yesteryears Teachers of the 21st Century
• Use lecture as teaching
method
Use variety of teaching
methods appropriate in the
students' learning
• Deliver the same lessons
every year
Spend time in researching to
update his/her knowledge of
the subject matter
• Too focused on self-
achievement
Mentor new teachers
• Target to finish the lesson
within the period
Target the learners to be
ready in the challenges of
today’s learning
8. Teachers of Yesteryears Teachers of the 21st Century
• Autocratic in which teachers
are in control of everything in
all events of the classroom
Use variety of teaching
methods appropriate in the
students' learning
• Deliver the same lessons
every year
Democratic in which teachers
allow students to take
responsibility in their learning
Foster learner autonomy
where students also learn to
take responsibility in their
learning
9. Teachers of
Yesteryears
Teachers of the 21st
Century
• Holder of knowledge /
Gatekeeper of
information
Facilitator of learning
• Technology illiterate Technology or digital
literate
10. Teachers serve as channels in
connecting the curriculum,
software, hardware and dynamics
of teaching in their instruction.
11. This does not only refer to having a good
language in communicating knowledge to the
students, but being a teacher who can
communicate with their students anytime and
anywhere with the use of the tools and
technologies.
13. Teachers are futurists not only on what they
want their students to achieve at the end of the
lesson, but on how they will deliver the lesson
with the use of the emerging tools and other web
technologies that will help the learners understand
the lessons better.
14. Teachers ate leaders in their own
way by leading their students to the
proper and appropriate use of
learning materials including
technologies.
15. Teachers are models when it comes to behavior,
language, dealings with colleagues and students, use of
facilities, and others. They are likewise models not only
in what they teach but according to what they practice,
even with the use of technologies – social media
networks and blogs by avoiding the use and misuse of
technologies in education.
16. Collaborators not only inside the
classroom, but also in space. Teachers
therefore, must pull up their collaborative
tools to be able to continue to share and
contribute their knowledge to the learners.
17. Teachers are venture players in
taking chances to apply new knowledge,
skills, practices and technologies
especially if these will level up student’s
understanding and learning.
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32. In as much as the roles of the
teachers change to meet the needs of the
students in today’s education, the
students’ roles likewise need to change to
become more competent, knowledgeable
in theories and in practice, and competitive
in the call of the community and the world.
33. Students of Yesteryears Students of the 21st Century
• Receiver of facts and
information
Active creators of
knowledge
• Learning is based on
repetition
Interactive knowledge
constructor
• Textbook users Internet users to access
a vast of information
• Passive recipients of
information
Actively engaged in
class activities
• Competitive learners Collaborative learners
34. Students of Yesteryears Students of the 21st Century
• Factual learners Reflective, critical and
creative thinkers
• Unilateral thinkers Divergent thinkers
• Inactive process of
learning
Dynamic processes of
learning
• Dependent learners Self-managing learners
• Single taskers Multitaskers
• Single sensory input
provider
Multi sensory input
provider
35. Students of Yesteryears Students of the 21st Century
• Factual learners Reflective, critical and
creative thinkers
• Unilateral thinkers Divergent thinkers
• Inactive process of
learning
Dynamic processes of
learning
• Dependent learners Self-managing learners
• Single taskers multitaskers
36. With the existence of technology, there is much that is
expected from the students. They have to get away with
being passive learners. They have to:
1. Learn to generate their own ideas and construct their
own understanding of the lesson;
2. Create works that are original;
3. Communicate clearly with other students and with their
teachers;
4. Collaborate with one another to achieve higher standard
of learning; and
5. Innovate learning and their outputs.
Editor's Notes
Every journey has its start and end. On how the journey has started and ended may have significant implication in one’s achievement, but the most important event in every journey is the liminal space between the start and end. How one has journeyed.
Teachers of the 21st century do not merely transfer knowledge to the students. More than teaching the subject matter, they teach students how to learn to live life. Teachers of the 21st century are: