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Juan PatricayoLesson 2: The 21st Century Teacher
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”
-John Dewey-
21st-century teaching- it means utilizing everything that is important in today's world so that students
will be able to live and prosper in today's economy, as well as ability to guide students and prepare them for
the future.
Traditional classroom
• Content delivery by the teacher in the classroom
• Lecture and reading from textbooks are the main sources of learning.
• Students are assessed primarily on knowledge learned.
21st Century Classroom
• Teacher facilitates by directing students to rich, learning sources and asking students to
demonstrate what they know and are able to do.
21st Century Skills of a Teacher
Effective communications skills
Learning and innovation skills
Life and career skills
Information media and technology skills
Effective Communication Skills includes the following:
1. Teaming-
2. Collaboration –
3. Interpersonal Skills
4. Local, national and global orientedness
5. Interactive communication
Learnings and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Curiosity
Critical thinking and problem solving
Risk Taking
Student referred to as "smart" or "genius" often are not those who have the highest IQs or know more
facts but rather are those who can creatively solve problems. Creativity and innovation
Creativity and Innovation
Think creativity
Work Creatively with others
Implement Innovations
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Reason Effectively
Use Systems Thinking
Make Judgments and decisions
Solve the Problem
Communication
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 and motivate)
Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness a priori as
well as assess their impact
Communicate effectively in diverse environments.
Collaboration
Demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams
Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish
a common goal
Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made
by each team member
Educ. 13 (The Teaching Profession) Report; Adore T. Marcos CIT 1-A 1
Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and adaptability
Leadership and Responsibility
Social and Cross- cultural skills
Initiative and self- direction
Productivity and accountability
Ethical, moral and spiritual values
Flexibility and Adaptability
- Adopt to varied roles, jobs responsibilities, schedules and contexts
- Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities
- Incorporate feedback effectively
- Deal positively with praise, setbacks and criticism
- Understand, negotiate and balance diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions,
particularly in multi-cultural environments
Leadership and Responsibility
- Guide and Lead Others
- Be responsible to others
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
- Interact Effectively with Others
- Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Initiative and Self-Direction
- Manage Goals and Time
- Work Independently
- Se-self directed learners
Productivity and Accountability
- Manage Projects
- Produce Results
Info, Media and Technology Skills
Visual and information literacies
Media literacy
Basic, scientific, economic and technological literacies
Multicultural literacy
Visual literacies
- Ability to interpret make meaning from information presented in the form of an image
- Ability to evaluate, apply, or create conceptual visual representations
Information literacy
- Ability to identify what information is needed
- Identify the best sources of information for the given need
- Locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information
Media literacy
- Ability to critically analyze the messages that inform, entertain and sell to us everyday
- Ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear on all forms of media asking pertinent questions about
what is there and noticing what is not there.
- Ability to question what lies behind media production
Scientific literacy
- Encompasses written, numerical, and digital literacy as they pertain to understanding science, its
methodology, observations, and theories
- Knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal
decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity.
Economic literacy
- Ability to apply basic economic concepts in situations relevant to one’s life
- About cultivating a working knowledge of the economic way of thinking
Technological Literacy
- Ability to responsibility use appropriate technology to:
1. Communicate
2. Solve problems
Educ. 13 (The Teaching Profession) Report; Adore T. Marcos CIT 1-A 2
3. Access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design and create information to
improve learning in all subject areas
4. Acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century `
Another Way of Grouping the 21st Century Skills
- Ways of thinking – creativity, critical thinking problem solving, decision-making and learning
- Ways of Working- Communication and collaboration
- Tools for working – information and communications technology (ICT and information literacy.
8 Characteristics of the 21st Century Teacher
1. The Adaptor 5. The Learner
6. The Communicator –
2. The Visionary
7. The Model
3. The Collaborator They model:
tolerance
4. The Risk taker
acceptance
a wider view than just their curricula areas
global awareness
reflection
8. The Leader
Summary
The 21st century teacher is one who is adequately equipped with 1) communication skills, 2) learning
and innovation skills 3) information, media and technology skills, and 4) life and career skills. He/she
collaborates and interrelates with others from all walks of life. He/she is innovative and embarks on lifelong
learning. He/she uses technology to maximum and to the optimum to improve his/her learning and
productivity. He/she critically analyses and evaluates information derived from various sources and is able to
read message from media whether directly given or given in a subtle manner. The 21st century teacher is
highly collaborative, a lifelong learner, is accountable for results and is information, media and technology
literate. To do all I can to keep the spark of curiosity, creativity, and learning alive in every child; to help all
children discover their talents, develop their passions, deepen their understanding, and apply all this to
helping others, and to creating a better world for us all.
