MODULE 1: 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

MODULE OVERVIEW
Welcome to the First Semester of the Academic Year 2020-2021! This is
Module 1 of the course Building and Enhancing New Literacies across the Curriculum
which details the new literacies that each pre-service teacher should learn and apply
in the teaching-learning process when already in actual practice. For this first module,
I will walk you through the key concepts of the 21st century teaching and learning,
including the 21st century skills.
Are you ready? Let the fun and learning begin!

MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Please have in mind the following outcomes intended to be achieved at the end
of Module 1. You should be able to:
 distinguish the features of the 21st century education;
 describe the different categories of the 21st century skills;
 explain their implications to the teaching-learning process; and
 design teaching-learning activities to hone the 21st century skills.

LESSONS IN THE MODULE

This module contains two (2) lessons with corresponding templates to be
accomplished in the different phases of each.
 Features of the 21st Century Teaching and Learning
 The 21st Century Skills
LESSON 1: FEATURES OF THE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Please bear in mind that after the lesson, you should be able to
 Distinguish the features of 21st century teaching and learning; and
 Explain their implications to the teaching and learning process.

TIMEFRAME
Please work on this during the first week of the semester for 1-2 days only.

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Lesson 1 of Module 1 which tackles the features of 21st century
teaching and learning.
The advent of the 21st century has ushered in necessary reforms in education
that you need to understand and contend with. These reforms are necessary to cater
to the evolving needs and shifts in teaching and learning. There are two main points
that you need to learn in this lesson: the features of 21st century education and how
to distinguish them from one another. There are templates you need to accomplish to
arrive at a deeper understanding of these points.
I wish you all the best as you begin this journey!
ACTIVITY
A. In the template below, describe the teacher, the learner, and the learning
environment THEN and NOW.
There are three Describe the kind of Describe the kind of
elements of the education THEN education NOW
teaching-learning (provide at least 3 (provide at least 3
process: descriptions for each descriptions for each
element) element)

The Teacher 1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

The Learner 1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

The Learning 1. 1.
Environment
2. 2.

3. 3.

B. From your answers, provide at least five (5) features of 21st century teaching
and learning. Complete the concept map below.

21st
century
education
ANALYSIS
In this part, you are going to process your answers in Activities A and B by
answering the Analysis Template below. You may provide short responses to each
question.

Analysis Template
1. What did you feel
about the two
activities?

2. What insights did you

learn from them?

3. What are the

differences between
teaching and learning
then and now?

4. Why is there a need

to shift to this new
paradigm in teaching
and learning?

5. How do you prepare

yourself for this shift?

ABSTRACTION
You have witnessed the changes in curriculum and instruction for both the basic
education and higher education sectors. These are drastic changes that have to be
implemented. Have you ever thought why?
In the earlier part of Lesson 1, you were introduced to activities that led you to
thinking that education decades ago is not anymore the kind that the learners need
today. You realized that we have to adapt to changes because the practice before
does not anymore cater to the demands and challenges of the new environment of
teaching and learning. With the advent of technology and the explosion of knowledge,
it is a must that a new breed of modern-day teachers have to be equipped with the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be able to teach in the modern-day classrooms.

Here are the features of 21st century teaching and learning. Read on!
1. It is integrated and interdisciplinary.
a. It is not anymore chunked and separated from other bodies of
knowledge.
b. It is learning other disciplines by linking various subject areas together
in a planned and integrated manner. This means that a lesson in history
may be learned in an English class.
2. It makes use of technologies and multimedia.
a. It maximizes teaching and learning platforms such as Google
Classroom, Moodle, and other learning management systems.
b. It takes advantage of an array of information and communication
technologies and tools (laptops, desktops, internet, jamboard, padlet,
emails, and many others).
c. It uses multimedia (audio- and video-based instruction, PPTs) in
instruction.

3. It adopts the notion of “global classrooms”.

a. It promotes learning across regions and countries.
b. It encourages understanding of cultures and global citizenship.
4. It requires creating or adapting to personal and social change, and lifelong learning.
a. It promotes lifelong learning and learning that goes beyond the four walls
of the classroom.
b. It advocates that learning can happen anytime and anywhere and it does
not come with age.

5. It is student-centered.
a. It advocates that meaning is constructed by the learner. It is not
transmitted to the students by the teacher.
b. The teacher creates a learning environment to promote student
engagement and active learning, and facilitates the teaching-learning
process.

6. It promotes 21st century skills.

a. It is not just about learning the basic literacy and numeracy skills.
b. It is developing the 21st century skills to cope with life and the world of
work.

7. It is project-based and research-driven.

a. It is not just about developing the lower-order thinking skills (e.g.
remembering, understanding).
b. It is about maximizing the utilization of the higher-order thinking skills in
data-gathering towards making decisions and actions on issues and
problems.

8. It is relevant, rigorous, and real-world.

a. It is meaningful because it is about life and the world itself.
b. It uses authentic tasks and activities to make learning more meaningful.
APPLICATION
Now that you have learned the features of 21st century teaching and learning,
I would like for you to explain their implications to the teaching and learning process.
Please complete the template below as instructed.

Features of the 21st Century What effects will each feature have on my teaching
Education practices?

Integrated and interdisciplinary

Use of technologies and

multimedia

Global classrooms

Creating or adapting to personal

and social change and lifelong
learning

Student-centered

Promotion of 21st century skills

Project-based and research-

driven

Relevant, rigorous, and real-

world

CLOSURE
Congratulations for successfully finishing Lesson 1! Lesson 2 on the 21st
Century Skills is coming your way!