2. Learning outcomes;
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
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 learners.
3. Concept Exploration
21st Century Skills refer to the broad set of
knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits
that are deemed necessary in coping with today’s
word and future careers and workplace. Thus, it can
be applied in all academic subject areas and
educational settings throughout a student’s life.
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The 21st Century Skills
The 21st Century skills may include the following:
(1) critical thinking,
problem-solving,
analysis,
interpretation,
synthesizing information,
(2) Research skills and Practices,
Interrogative Questioning
5. (5) Oral and Written Communication
Public Speaking and presenting
Listening
(4) Perseverance
Self-direction
Planning
Self-
Discipline
Adaptability
Initiative
(3) Creativity
Artistry
Curiosity
Imagination
Innovation
Personal Experiences
6. (6) Leadership
teamwork
cooperation
facility in using virtual workplaces
(7) Information and communication technology
(ICT
media and internet literacy
data interpretation and analysis
computer programming
(8) Civic
ethical
and social justice literacy
9) Economic and financial literacy
entrepreneurialism
(10) Global awareness
multicultural literacy
humanitarianism
(11) Scientific literacy and reasoning
scientific method
(12) Environmental and conservation
literacy ecosystem understanding
(13) Health and wellness literacy
including nutrition, diet, exercise, and
public health and safety
(http:thoughtfullearning.com/resources/what-are-21st-century-skills).
7. Framework for 21st century
According to the partnership for 21st century skills, this concept
encompasses a wide array of a body of knowledge and skills that
have to be categorized. Moreover, this concept has been
interconnected with applied skills, cross-curricular skills,
interdisciplinary skills, transferable skills, transversal skills,
noncognitive skills and soft skills.
The 21st century skill concept is grounded on the belief that students must be educated
in a more relevant, useful, in-demand and universally applicable manner. The idea
simply lies in the fact that students need to be taught different skills and reflect on the
specific demands that will be placed upon them in a complex, competitive, knowledge
based, information-age and technology driven society.
8. Therefore, 21st century education addresses the whole child or the whole
person (AACTE, 2010).
Hence, the curriculum should be designed to be interdisciplinary,
integrated and project-based. Tony Wagner (2010), in his book “ The
Global Achievement Gap”, advocated the seven survival skills, namely;
(1)Critical thinking and problem-solving
(2)Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
(3)Agility and adaptability
(4)Initiative and entrepreneurialism
(5)Effective oral and written communication
(6)Assessing and analyzing information and;
(7)Curiosity and imagination.
9. The term 21st Century skills “refers to certain core
competencies, such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical
thinking, and problem-solving that schools need to teach the students
for them to thrive in today’s word.
The partnership for 21st Century skills present the following
sets of skills that are categorized accordingly with different strands
of expected outcomes.
10. Learning And Innovation Skills
These are the primary skills orchestrated in the 21st Century. They
attributes that differentiate students who are prepared for a complex life and
work environment from those who are not. Therefore, there is a need to stress
on creatively, critical thinking, communication and collaboration in
preparation learners for the future.
A. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. These may include
effectively analyzing and evaluating evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs;
and solving different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and
innovative ways.
11. Skills Sub-Skills
1. Work together
effectively in team
Establish clear definitions and agreements on the roles of partners in the collaborative process
Keep communication open within teams to carry out tasks
Carefully identify obstacles and address problems cooperatively
2. Reason effectively Use various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive, etc.) as appropriate to the situation
Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in
complex systems
Use systems thinking
3. Make judgments
and decisions
Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs
Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view
Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments
Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis
Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes
4. Solve problems Solve different kind of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways.
Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better
solutions
12. B. Communication. This pertains to articulating thoughts and ides effectively using oral
and written communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.
Skills Sub-skills
1. Communicate
Clearly
Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills
in a variety of forms and contexts
Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions
Use communication for a range of purposes(e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade)
Utilize multiple media and technologies, and judge their effectiveness prior, as well as assess
their impact
Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multi-lingual)
Use technologies as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information
Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS, etc.),
communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to asses
Exercise flexibility and willingness in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common
goal
Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work and value the individual contributions made
by team member
13. C. Collaboration. It entails demonstrating ability to work effectively and
respectfully with diverse teams.
Skills Sub-Skills
1. Work together
effectively in team
Establish clear definitions and agreements on the roles of partners in the collaborative
process
Keep communication open within teams to carry out tasks
Carefully identify obstacles and address problems cooperatively
D. Creativity And Innovation. It denotes use of wide range of idea creation
techniques to create new and worthwhile ideas.
Skills Sub-Skills
1. Think Creatively Use a wide range of idea creation techniques, such as brainstorming
Create new and worthwhile ideas (both incremental and radical concepts)
Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and
maximize creative efforts
14. Skill Sub-Skills
2. Work Creatively
with Others
Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others
effectively
Be open and responsible to new and diverse perspectives;
incorporate group input and feedback into the work
Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand
the real world limits to adopting new ideas
View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity
and innovation in a long term, cyclical process of small successes
and frequent mistakes
3. Implement
Innovations
Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to
the field in which the innovation will occur
(Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2008)
