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The document is a guide on learning skills for students from the College of Teacher Education and Midwifery at Sorsogon State University in the Philippines. It discusses 7 essential learning skills students need to develop: 1) critical thinking and problem solving, 2) collaboration and leadership, 3) agility and adaptability, 4) initiative and entrepreneurship, 5) oral and written communication, 6) accessing and analyzing information, and 7) curiosity and imagination. It emphasizes the importance of these skills for students' future careers and stresses that educators must find ways to help students strengthen these abilities through their teachings and assignments.

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Republic of the Philippines

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND MIDWIFERY


Sorsogon State University
Sorsogon City Campus
Sorsogon City

Diones, Danah Mae


Hadap, Andre
Mercado, Ariane
Nacion, Danica Dawn
Ofalsa, Michaelynne

LEARNING SKILLS

INTRODUCTION
Demands in our surrounding are constantly improving as we are now encountering
the 21st century. For instance, consistent enhancement in providing quality education is
the main target of education sector. The goals of the schools are to prepare, practice, and
educate the students before entering the realm of adulthood. However, educators of thirty
years ago may not be familiar with the skills needed by the students when it comes to
technology and digital techniques. Almost all job market today has their highest standards
compared to what are needed years ago. Therefore, the skills that should be developed
by the students today must cater and satisfy those desired standards. Focusing on
continuous practice of learning skills would be one of those ways that would make the
students master their chosen career.

What is learning?
- The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being
taught
What is skill?
- The ability to do something well.

Thus, learning skills are set of skills used in the process of acquiring new knowledge,
typically in a classroom setting.
By definition, we consider learning skills as important component in education for it
helps students to be flexible and support their learning process.

7 Skills Students Will Always Need

Skills #1: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving


Preparation: Students will need to develop their skills at seeing problems from different
angles and formulating their own solutions. Regardless of the field they choose to enter
for their careers, the ability to think and act quickly is an indispensable tool for the future.
The problem should ideally lend itself to multiple solutions, as we do not want to
teach students that there is only one answer available, but instead that problem-solving
can be a creative and personal experience. Situational problems in mathematics provide
a good example of these skills at work.

Skill #2: Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Influence


Preparation: Understanding that not every person is born a natural leader.

However, the ability to lead others can definitely help a person to advance and
become successful in their chosen career. Also, finding a job where you don’t need to be
able to work closely and harmoniously with others can be quite a difficult task. To best
prepare students in this area, students should be encouraged to take on different roles
within their group for each task within the project.

Skill #3: Agility and Adaptability


Preparation: If we look back at the last twenty years we can see how much has changed
in the workplace and the world.

Our students need to be comfortable with the idea of change and be willing to
adapt to the changes around them. Have students create a storyline, for example, then
surprise them with a mandatory element to incorporate, or even have them switch work
and complete a task based on the preparations of another. They might grumble at first,
but the skills will serve them well!

Skill #4: Initiative and Entrepreneurship


Preparation: Students need to be able to take initiative and contribute to the world. We
should encourage these skills within our classrooms and our communities.

Let them know that you are available and willing to listen to any of their ideas about
improving the classroom or school. Help them organize their ideas and put them into
practice – even if an idea may fail. It can be a valuable lesson about how to analyze what
went wrong and consider how to improve the idea. Students should never be afraid of
trying because they are afraid of failure.

Skill #5: Effective Oral and Written Communication


Preparation: Despite advances in technology, these skills never diminish in importance.
We need to teach our students how to speak confidently and clearly.

This doesn’t come naturally, but with practice; enunciation, speed, volume,
gestures, and eye contact can all be taught and learned. The same skills that help in
drama can help in oral communication. Take a moment one day to begin teaching a
lesson in a very ineffective way and see how long it takes your students to ask what you’re
doing… they should be able to tell you exactly what’s ‘wrong’ with your communication
skills!
As for written communication, we need to continue to emphasize the rules while also
teaching students how to use the technology available to them to help check their writing.
The difference between formal and informal writing is quite important for students to learn
and start applying.

Skill #6: Accessing and Analyzing Information


Preparation: Students have access to unimaginable amounts of information today.
Students need to be taught how to sift through the millions of web pages available on a
topic and find what they need (and be able to trust what they find). They need to learn the
difference between factual information and factual-sounding opinions.

Many students today will check ‘answer’ websites to gather information, not really
thinking about how the information was written by a person who may or may not be correct
or truly knowledgeable in a subject area. In the same way, a teacher can ‘think-aloud’
reading strategies, we can think-aloud Internet searching strategies. Project your screen
on the board and learn about a topic with your students. Show them how to search, and
how to use those ‘answer’ sites without being misled!

Skill #7: Curiosity and Imagination


Preparation: Our students come to us naturally curious about their world and wanting to
explore it. We need to continue to encourage them to develop these skills, as well as
teach them how to apply them creatively and purposefully. Imagine the little boy who loves
soldiers and robots, but dislikes princesses.

How do you react when he shows you his freshly-drawn picture of a soldier using
a robot-inspired weapon to destroy a princess? Do you celebrate his creativity in the same
way you celebrate the world-saving-robot drawn by the student next to him? Is his picture
hung on the wall? We don’t all like and appreciate the same things, so an educator must
be very careful about how they nurture and develop their students’ creativity and
imagination. We can teach them which things are appropriate in which situations without
making them feel like their ideas are wrong or bad.

CONCLUSION:
The most important 21st-century learning skills are:

Communication
Collaboration
Critical thinking
Creativity
They are the foundation of modern education, which is why a special focus is placed on
the 4 C’s.

These are also life skills, as they can be applied in every segment of one’s social
life. Given that it includes independent work and problem-solving skills, critical thinking is
often the most highlighted of the four. It’s particularly valued by employers, as they
appreciate experts who are able to innovate and come up with new solutions. The
segments that comprise 4C education also affect college and career readiness, which is
why educators have a great responsibility to convey these skills in the right way.

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