Teaching Skills Needed

in the 21st Century

Information,
media
literacy and
communicat
ion skills

Global
awareness

Thinking
and
problemsolving

Economic and
business
literacy
including
entrepreneurial
skills

Interpersonal,
collaborative
and self
direction
skills

Civic
Literacy

Agility and
Adaptability

Initiative and
Entrepreneuralism
Effective Oral
Communication

Collaboration
Across
Networks and
Learning by
influence
Critical
Thinking and
Problem Solving

Accessing and
Analyzing
Information

Seven
Survival Skills

Curiosity and
Imagination

With the changes in the educational system, education must be structured to meet
the needs of students in the 21st century. The terms, school, teacher, learner and
curriculum have evolved to have different meanings.
Old Paradigm

buildings

School

Teacher

Learner

Dispenser of
Knowledge

Young person who goes

to school and spends
time in certain courses:
receives grades and
graduates

New Paradigm

Nerve centers
Walls are transparent
Connecting teachers,
students and community
to the wealth of
knowledge that exists in
the world.

Orchestrator of learning
Help students to turn
information into
knowledge, knowledge to
wisdom.

Learners are seen in a new

context:
Helping them see how they
prepare for life in the real
world
Instilling curiosity for lifelong learning

Curriculum

Teacher-centered;
fragmented curriculum

Being flexible in how we

teach.
Exciting learners to become
resourceful so that they
continue learning after
schooling.

Real life; relevant, projectbased 21st century education

Outcome-based

Focuses on what students

know, can do and are like
after all the details are
forgotten

Time-based

Memorization of discrete
facts

Focused on lower-levels of
Blooms Taxonomy of
Objectives

Designed for the higher

levels of Blooms Taxonomy
of Objectives

Textbooks-driven

Research-driven

Curriculum

Passive learning

Active learning

Learners work in isolation

Teacher as the center of

attention

Learners work in
collaboration
Teacher is the
facilitator/coach

Little to no student freedom

Great deal of student freedom

With discipline problems;

teachers dont trust students

No discipline problems;
students and teachers have
mutually respectful relations
as co-learners

No student motivation

Students are highly motivated

Fragmented curriculum

Integrated/ interdisciplinary
curriculum

Grades averaged

Grades are based on what

was learned

Low expectations

High expectations

Teacher is judge

Self-; peer, and other

assessments; public audience
and authentic assessment

Curriculum

Curriculum is irrelevant
and meaningless to
students

Curriculum is connected
to students interests,
experiences, potentials
and the real world

Print is the primary

vehicle of learning and
assessment

Performances, projects
and multiple forms of
media are used for
learning and assessment

Diversity of students is
ignored and assessments

Addresses multi-diversity
of students

Literacy in the 3Rs

Multiple literacies of the

21st century- aligned to
living and working on
globalization and the new
millennium

Factory model-based on
the needs of the
employers for the
industrial age______

Global model based on

the needs of a globalized
and high-tech society.

The p21 century learning consists of core subjects and themes that revolve
around three (3) core skills.
Learning and Innovative Skills
(The 4Cs)

Critical thinking and problemsolving

Creativity and innovation
Communication
Collaboration

Life and Career Skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Initiative and self-direction
Social and cross-cultural
interaction
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and responsibility

Information-Media and
Technology Skills

Information and literacy

Media literacy
ICT literacy