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COURSE CODE: PED 10

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Building and Enhancing New
Literacies across Curriculum TOPIC 1: Introduction to 21st Century Literacies

PREREQUISITE(S): TOPIC 2: Globalization and Multicultural

Literacies
CREDIT UNITS: 3
TOPIC 3: Social Literacy
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the
concepts of new literacies in the 21st century as an TOPIC 4: Media and Cyber/Digital Literacy
evolving social phenomenon and shared cultural
practices across learning areas. The 21st century literacies TOPIC 5: Financial Literacy
shall include (a) globalization and multi-cultural literacy,
(b) social literacy, (c) media literacy, (d) financial literacy, TOPIC 6: Eco- Literacy
(e) cyber/digital literacy, (f) eco-literacy, (g) arts and
creativity literacy, and (h) critical literacy. TOPIC 7: Arts and Creativity Literacy

COURSE OUTCOMES: After successful completion of

the course, as a pre-service teacher, you are expected to:

1. demonstrate practical understanding of the concepts

of the new literacies of the 21st century;
2. exhibit knowledge of teaching strategies that
promote literacy skills;
3. apply teaching strategies that develop learner’s critical
and creative thinking and /or higher order thinking skills;
4. demonstrate skills in the positive use of ICT; and
5. Express appreciation of the diverse literacies of the
21 st century.

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• Increase Reach- We are communicating with
more people, from more diverse cultures,
WEEK NOS. 2-4: Introduction to 21st
across vaster distances that ever before.
Century Literacies • Increased Means of Communication- We
are communicating in more ways and at
faster speeds than ever before.
“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” - • Increased Breadth of Content-We are
Kofi Annan communicating about more things than
Former UN Secretary General ever before.

Literacy is defined as the quality or state of being literate.

The 21st century literacies and skills :
1. Globalization and multi-cultural literacy
- discusses how our increasing ability to
Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret,
communicate with almost anyone,
create, communicate, and compute, using printed and
anywhere, in real time requires new skills
written materials associated with varying contexts.
and attitudes in interacting with people
with cultures, perspective, worldviews and
Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling priorities different from our own,
individual to achieve his/her goal, to develop his/her
particularly with the end-view of not only
knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in
peace and understanding, but also mutual
his/her wider society. (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization)
benefit and productivity.

It is imperative for teachers to educate their students on 2. Social Literacy-Explores the need for the
the new meaning of the word, literate and “to try new ability to navigate our own social networks.
things, and work with students to find where learning is
most comfortable for them to succeed” (Lynch, 2018). 3. Media Literacy- In an age where information
is power and where, having the right (and
Literacy is an ever-changing concept which people must wrong) information and the ability to
dedicate themselves to understanding in order to communicate it with others and use it to
become literate in the 21st century. address real world problems, easily spell the
difference both personal and career success
and failure.
A. Traditional Literacies: 4. Financial Literacy- This will help mitigate the
ever-widening gap between the rich and the
• Basic Literacy is the ability to read, write, listen, poor. It addresses the notorious problems of
speak, compute, and think strategically. short-sightedness regarding personal
finances.
• Comprehension Literacy is the ability to
understand the meaning of the written text or 5. Cyber/Digital Literacy- Explore the emerging
what is being read. need to locate verify, and ultimately manage
online information.
• Early Literacy is the development of skills
students need in order to transition from 6. Eco-Literacy and Artistic and Creative
learning to reading to learn. Literacy -Explore the emerging demands for
knowing how to effectively and sustainable
• Functional or Practical Literacy is the ability to manage the natural resources that our
read and write to perform everyday task. increased industrialization and demands for
productivity are so rapidly eating up. It also
explores how this increase in productivity
“A significantly higher level of literacy which
also brings with an increased demand for
includes not only reading and writing skills but
arts and aesthetics and the need to develop
also numeracy skills. The skills must be
ways of effectively communicating through
sufficiently advanced to enable the individual to
the creative arts in industries dominated by
participate fully and efficiently in activities
the objective data.
commonly occurring in his life situation that
require a reasonable capability of
communicating by written language.” 7. Critical Literacy- Addresses the increasing
Source: https://psa.gov.ph/press-releases/id/163646 need to discern the underlying messages
behind the new “text” of the 21st century,
particularly in an ever-increasing
Three things that have been critical in the rise of the multicultural society where ideas, cultures,
new literacies: and ideologies vie with another for power
and dominance in the minds of the masses.
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Features of 21st Century Learning and
Teaching (Bolstad, et.al, 2012) • Technology provides teachers and students
with access to variety of educational resources
that promotes creativity, critical thinking,
Below are the seven features of 21st Century Learning communication and collaboration.
1. Personalized learning
2. Equity, diversity, and inclusivity
• Teacher’s Professional Growth and
3. Learning through doing
4. Changed role of the teacher Development. Teachers must sustain their image
5. Community relationships as desirable and progressive members of 21st
6. Technology century academic community. They remain
7. Teacher professionalism passionate in knowing and discovering all the
latest research on best teaching practices.

• Personalized learning is also called student- Source : https://helpfulprofessor.com/21st-century-learning/

centered learning and it recognizes that not all Retrieved March 5, 2021
students learn in the same manner. In other
words, this approach aims to customize learning Critical Attributes of 21st Century
for each student’s strengths, needs, skills and Education
interests.
“If you’re not doing the things that scare you,
Teachers can adjust their teaching methods in some you’re not really learning.”
ways. They can -Seth Godin
- differentiate content difficulty;
- differentiate modes of delivery; and
• Be a teacher of peace in the 21st century
- differentiate assessment strategies.
education and beyond. Someone who promotes
or respects diversity in the classroom and in the
• Equity, diversity, and inclusivity school.

The 21st century education embraces equity,

• Read: The Critical Attributes of 21st Century
diversity and inclusivity in the classrooms by:
Education using this link.
- Equity is grounded in the principle of http://iflex.innotech.org/GURO21/module1/l1_
fairness. 5. html
The goal of 21st century educators is to achieve
equality of the outcomes.
• Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education
- Diversity is considered strength in the
21st century classrooms. Diversity 1. Integrated and Interdisciplinary
promotes acceptance regardless of 2. Technologies and Multimedia
their culture differences. 3. Global Classrooms
- Inclusivity means students of all ability 4. Creating/ adapting to constant personal and
levels, physical disabilities, or learning social change, and lifelong learning
disabilities deserve to be included in 5. Student-centered
mainstream classroom.
6. 21st century skills
7. Project-based and research driven
8. Relevant, rigorous and real world
• Learning through doing encourages the students
to learn through doing. The central idea of this
approach is students learn much better at
knowing, remembering and using knowledge if
they learn actively, rather than passive learning.

• New role of the teacher means ‘from teacher-

centered classroom to student-centered.’ The
teacher’s job is to facilitate and help coach the
students as they learn.

• Academic Community Relationships. The 21st

century teachers leverage the skills and
knowledge of the community. They recognize
that they cannot be experts on everything.
Therefore, they seek/invite experts/ resource
persons from academic community and bring
them into classroom. Source: https://www.21stcenturyschools.com/critical-attributes-of-21st-
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would help them cope with life and work in the
21st century communities.
• What 21st century education looks like? What
changes does the 21st century bring to the 1. Collaboration and Teamwork
teaching and learning process? 2. Creativity and Imagination
3. Critical Thinking
• Integrated and Interdisciplinary 4. Problem Solving

This critical attribute entails that teachers • Project-based and research driven
review and organize the curriculum and identify
strategies on how different subjects can be Emphasis on data, information, and evidence –
effectively linked to enhance the learning based decision making are among the critical
experiences of students. For example, Teachers attributes of 21st century education. This
can combine Mathematics and Physical implies that 21st century teachers need to be
Education subjects. Students can exercise their research driven.
Math skills by estimating how far or how high
they jumped. Also, 21st century learners must be given
opportunities to develop their knowledge and
• Technologies and Multimedia skills through engaging projects and self-
directed activities, such as learning projects
The 21st century education promotes the full within and outside the classrooms.
use of available Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) as well as • Relevant, rigorous and real world
multimedia that extend learning beyond the
text and beyond the classroom walls. Attributes of relevant and rigorous 21st century
education:
• Global classrooms
Higher order thinking (HOT) is performed by
st
Teachers of 21 century education brings the students during instruction.
world into classrooms. They engage students
with the world. They teach them to empathize Deep understanding and mastery of critical
with others, value diverse perspectives and disciplinary concepts and skills are
cultures, understands how events around the demonstrated.
world are interconnected.
Concepts and skills are applied to situations,
issues, problems, in the world beyond school.
• Creating/ adapting to constant personal and
social change, and lifelong learning 21st Century Skills Categories
• A 21st century education is about giving
st
Education in the 21 century believes that students the skills they need to succeed in this
learning takes place not only in the classrooms rapidly changing world and helping them to
but also in our everyday lives. grow the confidence to practice those skills.

This means that learning is acquisition of • 21st Century Skills Categories :

knowledge, skills, and values that can be used in
life. • A. Learning Skills
1. Critical thinking-Finding solutions to
• Student-centered problem. The most important quality
for someone to have in health sciences.
As the term implies, students’ individual needs 2. Creativity-Thinking outside the box. This
and interest are forefront of 21st century skill empowers students to see concepts in
educators’ teaching practices. a different light, which leads to
innovation.
This attribute is also known as learner-centered 3. Collaboration-Working with others.
education and teachers of 21st century Means getting students to work together,
education encourages students to be active achieve compromises and get the best
participants in the learning process. possible results from solving a problem.
4. Communication-Talking to others. It is
• 21st century skills the glue that brings all of these
educational qualities together.
Aside from basic literacy skills, learners must
develop in themselves the 21st century skills that • B. Literacy Skills
nd
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1. Information literacy-Understanding facts, • Expanded flow of individual people among
figures, statistics, and data. It is the foundational societies.
skill. It helps students understand facts, • Interdependence of expressive culture among
especially data points, that they’ll encounter nations.
online.
2. Media Literacy-Understanding the methods Expressive Culture Deals with how a
and outlets in which information is published. It particular culture
is the practice of identifying publishing methods, expresses itself in its
outlets, and sources while distinguishing language, music and
between the ones that are credible and the ones arts.
that aren’t.
3. Technology Literacy-Understanding the • Expanded flow of instrumental culture around
machines that make the information age the world.
possible. It goes another step further to teach Instrumental Culture Refers to “common
students about the machines involves the models to social
information age. order”(Meyers, 2000)
that is, models or
• C. Life Skills
ways of thinking
1. Flexibility-Deviating from plans as needed. about and enacting
It is the expression of someone’s ability to
national identity,
adapt to changing circumstances. nation-state policies
2. Leadership-Motivating a team to both domestic and
accomplish goal. Is someone’s penchant for foreign, socio-
setting goals, walking a team through the economic
steps required, and achieving those goals development, human
collaboratively. rights, education and
3. Initiative-Starting projects, strategies, and social progress.
plans on one’s own.
4. Productivity-Maintaining efficiency in an

age of distractions. Reasons of Expanding Flow of People

5. Social Skills-Meeting and networking with among Societies
others for mutual benefit.
1.Socio-Economic migration- it explains the OFW
Phenomenon.

WEEK NO. 5: Globalization and 2.Political expulsion-People are trying to escape

Multicultural Literacies the political climate of a particular country.

3.Travel for the sake of leisure.

Globalization is the process of interaction and
integration between people, business entities,
Cultural Literacy- refers to the ability to understand
government, and cultures from other nations.
the signs and symbols of a given culture and being able
The Effects of Globalization to participate in its activities and customs as opposed
• Economic, political, and military dependence to simply being a passive and observer.
and interdependence between nations.
Four ways of unequal income increase. What is Dona Victoria Syndrome?
1.Creates a small, highly paid class of elites to
manage those investments, who create many A kind of inferiority complex wherein anything and
but usually low-pay jobs. everything natively Filipino is considered by the Filipinos
2.Profits from the investments are themselves as being inferior.
repatriated, rather than invested in the host
country, therefore inhibiting domestic capital Challenges for Cultural Literacy in the Philippines
formation.
3.Foreign capital penetration tents to As Applebee(1987) observes, interesting discussions on
concentrate land ownership among the very cultural literacy give rise to some very difficult questions
rich. which are particularly important to a multicultural and
4.Host countries tend to create political and multilingual nation like Philippines.
economic climates favorable to foreign
capital that in turn limit domestic labor’s • What kinds of knowledge constitute cultural
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or is it something more experiential like being 4.The Question of Value
familiar with a story or a particular song?
• If culture is more “caught than taught”
Honesty Discrimi
should cultural literacy be one of the goals of Laws nation
education? If yes how does one teach it?
• Whose cultures must we be literate in to be
considered “culturally literate”? Who decides
Pedagogies in Multicultural Teaching
which cultures are included and which ones
are excluded and on what basis? 1.Learn about other cultures- Banks(1991) posits that
• Is cultural literacy education simply a means for the first step to teaching multiculturalism is knowing
the dominant culture to express its dominance about cultures that are not your own. It follows that if
over minority cultures? you, the teacher , know only your own culture, then
• How is cultural literacy to be assesses and you will be unable to teach your students to appreciate
evaluated? How can we know someone is a culture that is different from your own.
“culturally literate”?
2.Familiarize yourself with how discrimination and
What is Multicultural Literacy? prejudice appear in your own culture.- Boutte(2008) and
This is the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure Banks(1991) agree that teachers must be able to
that any communication with a culture different from identify and confront patterns of discrimination and
our own is clear productive and respectful such that prejudice in their own lives before they can teach their
their differences are celebrated and neither culture is students to do the same. Example, when someone you
demeaned or treated as inferior. just met says he or she is from Mindanao, what words
The skills and knowledge required to be a multi- immediately come out of your mouth in response? Do
culturally literate are the ff: they betray some long held preconceptions about
• Selflessness people from the region?
• Knowledge that good and useful things can(and
do) come from those different from us. 3. As you are, so will you behave- Key to genuine
• Willingness to compromise multicultural literacy is core values-that is, what you,
• Acceptance that there are limits the teacher , really believe about people who are
different from you; not the kind of belief that you
• Idea that we cannot be friends with everyone.
determines your behavior when you think no one is
Issues in Teaching and Learning Multicultural Literacy
watching.
in the Philippines.

1.Conflicting Requirements for Peace. 4.Model more, tell more- Young students, by nature, will
have difficulty in exercising empathy toward those who
are different from them. The ability is there, but it will
Desired naturally lack practice. It is therefore not enough that
Territory
Peace teachers tell them to be more compassionate- you, the
teacher, must model for them what empathy and
compassion for others look like on a day to day basis.
2.Nationalistic and Regionalistic Pushback

Identity &
Language

3. The Persistence of the Problem

Language Religion

Culture
Color
Education

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1.Parents can teach Social skills by:
WEEK NO. 6: Social Literacy
• Modelling
Social Literacy concerns itself with the development of • Role-Playing
social skills, knowledge and positive human values that • Providing opportunities to develop new skill
enable human beings to act positively and responsibly
in range of complex social settings. 2.Teachers do not have to teach a class in social skills
Three inter-related components of social skills:
but should be alert to teasing and bullying and aware
• Social Cognition
of children that are rejected by their peers.
• Social Performance
• Social Perception
3.Work corporately with the children’s parents
to prevent the humiliation, embarrassment, and
Social Skill is defined in literature as the ability to
distress that befall the children.
interact with others in given social context in specific
ways that are socially acceptable are valued and at the 4.Let the children cooperate instead of competing.
same time personally beneficial, mutually beneficial, or
primarily beneficial to other.

There are several types of social skills that must be Issues in Teaching Social Literacy
mastered for a child to be socially adept.
1.Greetings- Children develop relationships with peers 1.Subjective Standards of Morality- The natural
by interacting with them. The first step in a social outcome of postmodern philosophies is that truth and
interaction is greeting someone. Greeting others is done
morality are considered subjective and open to
not only with words like “hi” or “how are you?” but
facial expressions, tone of voice, and gestures such as a individual interpretation. This can be seen in the
nod or a wave. current culture, where actions and behavioral patterns
2.Initiating Conversations- In order to carry on a that were once considered bad have now become
conversation, a child must be able to initiate, maintain acceptable- so much so that many now consider them
and close conversation appropriately. This requires to be even good.
good listening and attention skills, as well as the ability
to take turns and probe for missing information. 2. Human Nature-While we would all like to believe
3. Understand the listener-Once a conversation is that people are inherently good, experience has taught
initiated, it has to be maintained. In order to do that. It is
us that the inherent goodness of humanity is, at best,
important to understand the audience one is taking to.
unreliable: Sometimes it is there, often it is not. We
4.Emphatizing- Empathy is more than perspective
taking; it means that one is able to feel what the other are quick to champion the cause of moral uprightness,
person feels. Empathy allows one to really connect with justice, and equity, but balk when our words and
other people. actions come under their scrutiny.
5.Reading Social Cues- It is very important to read social
cues in a conversation. Cues are the hints and signals • Today’s student have grown up with the
that guide us to the next thing to say or do. Social cues internet that have become inseparable from
can be verbal or non-verbal. their gadgets. Blake(2017) offers helpful
6.Previewing or Planning-Conversation also require reminders to young professionals in terms of
that one previews or thinks about what effect the
social skills in the modern age. This situation
words or actions may have on the listener before she
says or does them. underscores the importance of educating
7.Problem-Solving-Problems and conflict are often a students in what could be called social literacy
part of social interactions. Someone may not agree, get to ensure their academic and career success.
angry, insult, or become aggressive at someone that
one says. Conflicts cannot be avoided and are often
necessary to “clear the air”. Turning a conflict from a 3. Situational Awareness in the Workplace- While
“win-lose” situation to a “win-win” situation. casual office has become the norm offices, job
8. Apologizing- Everyone makes social mistakes at one interviews typically require more formal dress and
time or another. A person with good social skills is
behavior to demonstrate a level of respect. Stories
confident enough to make a sincere apology for her
error. prevail of young adults showing up to interviews in
causal clothing, texting, or using phones during job
interviews or even bringing their parents with them.

Role of Parents and Teachers in 4.Social Intelligence to Technological Communication-

Teaching Social Skills to Children Text-speak and technology use have affected many young
people’s ability to communicate. While email has
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deformalized much of the communication process, People skills are usually the following:
students still need to ensure their writing denotes
respect and provides enough context for professors • Ability to effectively communicate,
(or future employers) to readily respond. understand, and empathize.
• Ability to interact with others respectfully and
Emotional Intelligence- is the ability to understand, develop productive working relationship to
use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to minimize conflict and maximize rapport.
relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with • Ability to build sincerity and trust;
others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. moderate behaviors (less impulsive) and
enhance agreeableness.
Four Components of Emotional Intelligence

1. Self-awareness
WEEK NO. 7: Media and Cyber/Digital
This is considered the foundation for all the
other components of emotional intelligence.
Literacy
Self- awareness means being aware of what
you are feeling; being conscious of the Media Literacy, put simply, is the ability to identify
emotions within yourself. different types of media and the messages they are
sending.

2. Self-Management The Ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and

This is the second key component of emotional communicate messages in a wide variety of
intelligence in managing emotions. forms.(Aufderheide, 1993)
Operationally it means that team members
The ability to identify different types of media and
need to be able to balance their own moods so
understand the messages they are
that worry, anxiety, fear or anger do not get in
communicating.(Common Sense Media, n.d.)
the way of what needs to be done.
Five essential concepts necessary for any analysis of
3. Social Awareness media messages
Being socially aware means that you • Media Messages are constructed
understand how to react to different social • Media messages are produced within economic,
situations, and effectively modify your social, political, historical, and aesthetic
contexts.
interactions with other people so that you can
• The interpretative meaning-making processes
achieve the best results. It also means being
involves in messages reception consist of an
aware of the world around you and how interaction between the reader, the text, and
different environments influence people. the culture.
Increasing social awareness means improving • Media has unique “languages” characteristics
your skills to connect with other verbally, which typify various forms, genres, and symbol
nonverbally and in the community. systems of communication.
• Media representations play a role in people’s
understanding of social reality.
4. Relationship Management
The final component of emotional intelligence is Actions that often being mistaken for being
the ability to connect with others, build positive representative of media literacy:
relationships, respond to the emotions of • Criticizing the media is not, in and of
others and influence others on the team. itself, media literacy. However, being
Relationship management includes the media literate sometimes requires that
one indeed criticized what one sees
identification, analysis and management of
and hears.
relationships with people inside and outside of
• Merely producing media is not media
your team as well as their development. It is literacy although part of being media
also vital in negotiating successfully, resolving literate is the ability to produced media.
conflicts and working with others toward a • Teaching with media (videos,
shared goal. presentations, etc.) does not equal
media literacy. An education in media
People Skills- Are patterns of behavior and behavioral literacy must also include teaching
interactions. Among people, it is an umbrella term for about media
skills under Three related set of abilities: Personal, • Viewing media and analyzing it from a
Effectiveness, interactions skills, and intercession skills. single perspective is not media literacy.
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True media literacy requires both the current information technology, including
ability and willingness to view and software, hardware and multimedia, that
analyze media from multiple positions are relevant to education and the areas of
and perspective. work and professional life that the
• Media literacy does not simply mean individual expects to inhabit.
knowing what and what not to watch;
“watch carefully, think critically.” 2. Resource Literacy- the ability to understand
the form, format, location and access
method of information resources, especially
Dimensions of Media Literacy daily expanding networked information
resources. This is practically identical with
1. Cognitive-The ability to intellectually librarians’ conceptions of information
process information communicated by the literacy, and includes concepts of the
media: words on a printed page, ominous classification and organization of such
music in a film, understanding location resources.
based off of exterior scenes.
2. Emotional- Covers the feelings created by 3. Social-structural literacy- or knowing that
media messages: news reports of soldier how information is socially situated and
returning home, reacting to a scary movie. produced. This means knowing about how
3. Aesthetic- interpreting media content from information fits into the life of groups;
an artistic or critical point of view, how it about the institutions and social networks—
compares to other works. such as the universities, libraries,
4. Moral- Examining the values of the researcher communities, corporations,
medium or the message. e.g. good guys government agencies, community groups—
win, cheaters never win. that create and organize information and
knowledge; and the social processes
Advantages and Disadvantages of Media through which is generated.
Information.
Advantages 4. Research Literacy- The ability to
• The media provides a way for information understand and use of the IT-based tools
and news to be widely shared. This relevant to the work of today’s researcher
information ranges from basic stuff like and scholar. For those in graduate
the local weather and upcoming events education, this would
to the exposition of injustices. include discipline-related computer
• It exposes us to culture, art, and ways of software for quantitative analysis,
life which we would otherwise never qualitative analysis and simulation, as well
have known. as an understanding of the conceptual and
• Thanks to advertising, the media provides analytical limitations of such software.
a platform for business to gain market
shares, thereby keeping the economy
going. 5. Publishing Literacy- the ability to format
and publish research and ideas
Disadvantages electronically, in textual and multimedia
• Anyone with a keyboard and an opinion forms(including via World Wide Web,
can get published on the internet, and electronic email and distribution lists, and
this can lead to hatred and CD-ROMS), to introduce them into the
misinformation. electronic public realm and the electronic
• Many media users behave unethically. community of scholars.
• The media gives rise to a need for good
judgement and discernment, which are 6. Emerging Technology Literacy-the ability to
not attributes possessed by anybody. ongoingly adapt to, understand, evaluate
and make use of the continually emerging
innovations in the information technology
Digital Literacy- Ability to locate, evaluate,
create, and communicate information on so as not to be prisoner of prior tools and
various digital platforms. It is the technical, resources, and to make intelligent decisions
cognitive, and sociological skills needed to about adoption of new ones. Clearly this
perform tasks and solve problems in digital includes understanding of the human,
environments. organizational and social context of
technologies as well as criteria for their
evaluation.
Dimensions of Information Literacy
1. Tool Literacy- the ability to understand and
use the practical and conceptual tools of
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Critical Literacy-the ability to evaluate critically irrelevant, and biased from what is
the intellectual, human and social strength and demonstrable factual.
weaknesses, potentials and limits, benefits and
costs of information technologies. This would Socio-Emotional Literacy within Digital Literacy
need to include a historical perspective (e.g.
the connection between algorithmic thinking, Based on research, the older a user is, the less
formalization in mathematics , and the likely they behave naively online. Digitally
development of Western Science and literate users know how to avoid “traps” of
rationality and their limits). cyberspace mainly because they are familiar
with the social and emotional patterns of
Four Skills and Competencies Comprising working in cyberspace- that it is really just an
Digital Literacy outworking of human nature.
1. Underpinnings- This refers to those skills
and competencies that “support” or Digital Natives
“enable” everything else within digital
literacy namely, traditional literacy and This is in reference to the generation that was
computer/ICT literacy. born during the information age(as opposed to
2. Background Knowledge- This largely refers digital immigrant- the generation prior that
to knowing where information is kept, and acquired familiarity with digital systems only as
how it is disseminated- a skill taken for adults and who has not known a world without
granted back in the day when information computer, the internet, and connectivity.
almost exclusively resided in the form of
printed text. Challenges to Digital Literacy Education
3. Central Competencies- These are the skills
and competencies that a majority of • Teach media and digital literacy
scholars agree on as being core to digital integrally. Any attempt to teach these
literacy today, namely: principles must first realize that they
• Reading and understanding digital cannot be taught separately from other
and non-digital formats; context- meaning, they cannot be taught
• Creating and communicating digital separately from other topics. Critical
information; Thinking requires something other than
• Evaluation of information; itself to think critically about, and thus
• Knowledge assembly; cannot develop in a vacuum.
• Information literacy • Master your subject matter. Whatever
• Media Literacy it is you teach, you must not only
4. Attitudes and Perspective- Bawden(2008) possess a thorough understanding of
suggest that it is these attitudes and your subject matter, you must also
perspective that link digital literacy today understand why you are teaching it,
with traditional literacy, saying “it is not and why it is important to learn.
enough to have skills and competencies, • Think “multi-disciplinary.” Once
they must be grounded in some moral communication is accepted as
framework. important, this opens-up new venues
• Independent Learning- the where the new literacies can be
initiative and ability to learn exercised.
whatever is needed for a person’s • Explore motivations, not just messages.
specific situation. While it is very important that students
• Moral/SocialLiteracy-an learn what is the message being
understandingofcorrect, communicated by any media text, it is
acceptable, and sensible behavior also important to develop in them a
in a digital environment. habit for asking why is the message being
Information Literacy within Digital Literacy communicated in the first place.

Information Literacy as a critical component of

Digital Literacy as the “cognitive skills tha
consumers use to evaluate information in an Leverage skills that students already have. It is
educated and effective manner. always surprising how much a person can do when
they are personally and affectively motivated to
Information literacy acts as a filter by which
consumers evaluate the veracity of the do so- in other words, a person can do amazing
information being presented to them via digital things when they really want to.
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Digital Literacy • Moral/social literacy- an understanding
of correct, acceptable and sensible
It can be defined as the ability to locate, evaluate, behavior in a digital environment.
create, and communicate information on various digital
platforms. It is the technical, cognitive, and sociological Digital Citizenship
skills needed to perform tasks and solve problems in Refers to the ability to engage positively,
digital environments. critically and competently in the digital environment,
drawing on the skills of effective communication and
Skills and Competencies in Digital Literacy creation, to practice forms of social participation that
1. Tool Literacy- Competence in using hardware are respectful of human rights and dignity through the
and software tools responsible use of technology.
2. Resource Literacy- Understanding forms of and
access to information resources. Cyber citizenship
3. Social-Structural literacy- understanding the The rights, privileges and responsibilities required of
production and social significance of internet and cellular network users
information.
4. Research Literacy- Using IT tools for research Key messeges for safe and responsible digital citizenship.
and scholarships. 1. Be respectful-and expect respect
5. Publishing Literacy- Ability to communicate and 2. Protect your reputation.
publish information. 3. Protect your privacy.
6. Emerging Technologies Literacy-Understanding 4. Watch your tone
of new development in IT. 5. Be skeptical.
7. Critical Literacy- Ability to evaluate the benefits Nine elements of Digital Citizenship
of new technologies. 1. Digital Access-Although we live in a Digital Era,
Bawden(2008) collated the skills and competencies not everyone has access to technology. As
comprising digital literacy from contemporary scholars teachers, we should be aware of this digital
on the matter into four groups: divide. Not all students can afford a computer, a
smartphone and internet access. That’s why
1. Underpinnings- This refers to those skills and educators need to provide suitable alternatives
competencies that “support” or “enable” for each student’s needs.
everything else within digital literacy.namely: 2. Digital Literacy- Digital Literacy also includes
Traditional literacy and computer/ICT literacy( ie., the ability to differentiate between real and
the ability to use computers in everyday life.) fake content which can have a negative impact
2. Background Knowledge- This largely refers to on the lives of your students. They need to
knowing where information on a particular learn which content is good for them and what
subject or topic can be found, how information they should avoid in order to lead a balance life.
is kept, and how it is disseminated- a skill taken 3. Digital Etiquette- We should teach students to
for granted back in the day when information become”digitally fluent”. Digital etiquette
almost exclusively resided in the form of printed shapes their online behavior to respond
text. positively to online content. In this way, their
3. Central Competencies- These are the skills and online attitude is reflected in the real world and
competencies that a majority of scholars agree vice versa.
on as being core to digital literacy today. 4. Digital Law- The online environment has room for
• Reading and understanding digital and both positive and negative interactions. Digital
non-digital formats: Law deals with legal rights and restrictions
• Creating and communicating digital governing technology usage. To prevent any kind
information; of online crime, no matter how serious, students
• Evaluation of information; as digital citizens need to know law and how it
applies to them in particular.
• Knowledge assembly;
• Information literacy; 5. Digital Communication-Online communication
• Media literacy; has become so common that students forget
they are doing so in a virtual space, where
4. Attitudes and Perspective-(Bawden(2008) suggest
miscommunication happens often. The internet
that it is these attitudes and perspective that link
has given a voice to anyone who needs it. In
digital literacy today with traditional literacy,
turn, this requires empathy and appropriate
saying “it is not enough to have skills and
reactions from its users.
competencies, they must be grounded in some
moral framework,” specifically: 6. Digital Commerce-Highlights the necessity to
tackle safety issues related to using money in the
• Independent learning- the initiative and
digital world. Technology also used in the
ability to learn whatever is needed for a
classroom to teach students about the various
person’s specific situation; and
career paths that they could choose in the future.
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a must, both as consumers and as potential target feels threatened. Criminal harassment is
entrepreneurs. punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
7. Digital Rights and Responsibilities- The online 2. Defamatory Libel- is a crime under the Criminal
world has its regulations and a user has rights Code. It is the most often treated as a crime if
and responsibilities. The internet can also be the libelous statement is directed against a
used for harmful purposes and anyone needs person in authority and could seriously harm his
protection against cyberbullying, for instance. or her reputation. Defamatory libel is
Schools should approach this subject in punishable by up to five years in prison.
classrooms, hold students accountable for their 3. Publishing Intimate images without consent
actions and also report any misconduct in the was added as an offence in 2015. This includes
virtual environment as well. both intentionally spreading an image ”in which
8. Digital Health and Wellness- Students should the person is nude, is exposing his or her genital
be taught to protect themselves and others organs or anal region or her breast or is
from potential harm and ask for help if they engaged in explicit sexual activity” as well as
need it. Making use of online resources is a “being reckless as to whether or not that
plus, but everyone should be aware of the person gave their consent to that conduct.
dangers as well.
9. Digital Security-Security in the online world is What is RA 10627?
important. When using devices at school or at The Anti-Bullying Act, aims to protect children enrolled
home, students should be aware of potential in kindergarden, elementary, and secondary schools
malware attacks. Teachers should explain how and learning centers from being bullied. It requires
to prevent them from happening and how to Schools to adopt policies to address the existence of
protect their devices as much as possible. bullying in their perspective.

Cyberbullying How Cyberbullying Affects Mental Health

It is the bullying that takes place over digital
devices like cellphones, computer, and tablets. 1. Depression
Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and 2. Self-Esteem
apps, or online in social media, forums, or 3. Suicide
gaming where people can view, participate or 4. Anxiety-The feeling of fear
share content.
Social Media-allows individuals to keep in touch with
How the Law Address Cyberbullying friends and extended family.

Civil Law. This is the branch of Law that deals It is a computer-based technology that facilitates the
with property rights, personal dignity and sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through the
freedom from injury. building of virtual networks and communities.

1. A cyberbully may be engaged in Most Popular Social Media websites

defamation. This is when the bully causes 1. Facebook(2.74billion users)
harm to someone’s reputation by spreading 2. Youtube(2.29 billion users)
false information about that person. In 3. WhatsApp(2 billion users)
general, defamation that appears 4. Instagram(1.22 billion users)
temporarily(as unrecorded speech or in live 5. Tiktok(689 million users)
broadcast) is called slander, and defamation
that appears permanently( in a book or on Five benefits of Social Media
website) is called libel. 1. Build Relationship
2. Share your expertise
To be libelous a statement must: do harm to 3. Increase your visibility
someone’s reputation, have a clear and obvious target, 4. Educate yourself
and be seen by people other than the person making 5. Connect anytime
the statement and the target.
What are the advantages of Social Media?
Criminal Law 1. You reach large audiences.
This branch of law determines which actions are crimes 2. You have a direct connection with your
against the state. audience
1. Harassment- is a crime under the criminal code • You get to know them better
Harassment is when something a person says or • You provide better customer
does makes someone fear for his or her safety, service
or for the safety of others. Even if the • You gain valuable insight about
perpetrator did not intend to frighten someone, your customer
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• You see how your audience • Types of income
perceives your product. and taxes
3. You can generate organic content • Labor market
• Photos Buying goods and • Scarcity, choice,
• Videos services and opportunity
4. You have access to paid advertising cost
service. • Factors that
5. You build your brand influence spending
6. You can evaluate your performance choices, such as
7. You can join social media networks for advertising, peer
free. pressure, and
8. You can create viral content spending choices of
9. You can uncover valuable insights others
• Comparing the
What are the disadvantages of Social costs and benefits
Media? of spending
1. You can receive negative feedback decisions
2. You open up for the potential embarrassment • Basics of budgeting
3. You must spend a lot of time on your campaigns and planning
4. You have to wait to see results • Making a spending
decision
• Payment methods,
WEEK NO. 8: Financial Literacy costs, and benefits
of each
• Budgeting and
Financial Literacy, it is the ability to read, analyze, classification of
manage, and communicate about the personal excuses
financial conditions that affect material well being. • Satisfaction,
determinants of
demand, costs of
Knowledge of financial products(ex. A stock vs a bond, information search,
fixed vs adjustable rate mortgage) choice of product
durability.
Knowledge of financial concepts(eg., inflation, • The role of
compounding, diversification, credit scores) government and
other institutions in
Having the mathematical skills or numeracy necessary providing
for effective financial decision making. information for
consumers.
Being engage in certain activities such as financial Saving • Concept of saving
planning.
and interest
• How people save
Key concepts on Financial Literacy
money, where
people can save
Standards Key Concepts
money, and why
Earning Income • Income earned or people save money
received by people
• The role that
• Different types of financial
jobs as well as institutions play as
different forms of intermediaries
income earned or between savers and
received borrowers.
• Benefits and costs • The role
of increasing government
income through the agencies such as
acquisition of the Federal Deposit
education and Insurance
skills. Corporation(FDIC)
• Government play in protecting
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• Role of markets in Protecting and Insuring • Concepts of
determining financial risks and
interest rate loss
• Present versus • Insurance(transfer
future value of risks through risk
• Financial regulators pooling)
• The factor • Managing risk
determining the • Identity theft
value of a person’s • Life insurance
savings overtime products
• Automatic savings • How to protect
plans; “rainy-day” oneself against
funds identity theft.
• Saving for
retirement
Using Credit • Concept of credit The Benefits of Financial Literacy
and the sources of 1. It determines one’s ability to provide basic
credit needs, attitude toward money and investments,
• Why interest rates as well as one’s contribution to the community.
vary across 2. Financial literacy enables people to understand
borrowers and apply knowledge and skills to achieve a
• Basic calculations lifestyle that is financially balanced, sustainable,
related to ethical, and responsible.
borrowing(principal 3. Increased personal financial literacy affects
interest) one’s financial behavior.
• Credit reports and 4. It cultivates proper decision-making skills and
credit scores discipline.
• Behaviors that 5. It is easier for adults to bear when they have
contribute to learned the basics of personal finance in their
strong credit youth.
reports and scores
• Impact of credit Financial Literacy in the Philippines
reports and scores
on consumers Some findings in the state of financial literacy in the
• Consumer country
protection law • World Bank study in 2014 estimated 20
Financial Investing • Concept of million Filipinos saved money but only half
Financial had bank accounts.
investment • Asian Development Bank(ADB) study in 2015
• Variety of possible revealed that PH does not have a national
financial strategy for financial education and literacy.
statements • In 2016, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released
• Calculate rates of the national strategy for financial inclusion,
return stating that while institutions strive to
broaden financial services, financial literacy
• Relevance and
calculation of real should also complement such initiatives.
and after-tax rates • As per Standard & Poor’s Ratings services
of return survey last year, only 25% of Filipinos are
• How markets cause financially literate. This means that about
rates of return to 75 million Filipinos have no idea about
change in response inflation, risk diversification, insurance,
compound interest, and bank savings.
to variation in risks
and maturity • Ten years after discovery of the stock
• How diversification market, still less than one percent of PH
population is interested in it.
can reduce risk
• How financial • More than 80% of the working middle class
have no formal financial plan.
markets react to
changes in market
Developing Financial Literacy
conditions and
information. One’s attitude about money is heavily influenced by the
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attitude you formed early in life probably affect how provide opportunity for reflection and
you save, spend, and invest today. feedback and require discipline and
consistency.
Six major characteristics types in how people view Long-term financial goals can take years to
money. achieve. This include saving money for a
1.Frugal- frugal people seek financial security by living down payment on a home, a child’s college
below their means and saving money. They rarely buy education.
luxurious items: they save money instead. They save
money because they believe that money will offer Developing a Spending Plan
protection from unprecedent events and expenses. 1.Record-Keep a record of what you spend.
2.Review-Analyze the information and
2.Pleasure- Pleasure seekers use money to bring pleasure decide what you do.
to themselves and to others. They are more likely to spend 3.Take action- Do something about what
than to save. They often live beyond their means and you have written down.
spend more that to save. They often not careful and do
not change, they may fall into deep debt.
Importance of Saving
3.Status- Some people use money to express their
social status. They like to show to “purchase” and 1. Emergency Bolster- You should save
“show off” their branded items. money to avoid going to debt just to pay
emergency situations, like unexpected
4.Indifference- Some people place very little importance medical expenses and damages caused by
on having money and would rather grow their own food calamities or accidents.
and craft their own clothes. It is as if having too much
money makes them nervous and uncomfortable. 2.Retirement-You will need
savings/investments to take place of income
5.Powerful- Powerful people use money to express you will no longer receive when you retire.
power or control over others.
3.Future Events-You need to save for future
6.Self-worth- People who spend money for self-worth events like weddings, birthdays,
value how much they accumulate and tend to judge anniversaries, and travels so as not to
others based on the amount of money they have. sacrifice your fixed expenses.

Spending Patterns 4.Instability of Social Security- Pensions

from social security should only serve as
1. Fixed vs Variable expenses supplementary and not the primary of
-Fixed expenses remail the same year round. income after retirement.
Car payment is an example. Variable expenses
occur regularly but the amount you pay varies. 5.A little Goes a Long Way- Small consistent
Electric and gas bills are example of these. savings go a long way.

2. Needs vs Wants Two ways to save:

-Financial discipline starts with an ability to • Save before you spend
recognize whether expenses are needs or wants, • Save after you spend wisely
and followed by ability to prioritize needs over
wants. Needs are essential to our survival. Wants In order to stick to the savings habit, You
are things that you would like to have but you can should:
live without, such as new clothes or a new cell • Commit to a month
phone. You want them but do not necessarily • Find an accountability partner
need them. Too many wants can ruin a budget. • Find a savings role model who is
successful with his/her money,
Practical Steps you can undertake to enhance through tried and true friend.
your financial literacy. • Write your goal down and track it
• Avoid tempting situations (don’t go
1. Setting Financial Goals- It is the first step to to the mall just to “hang out”)
managing one’s financial life. Goals may be
short, medium, and long-term. Short-term
goals can be measured in weeks and can
provide instant gratification and feedback.

Medium-term goals should be accomplished

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curriculum, providing students with hands-on
WEEK NO. 10: Eco-Literacy investigative and problem-solving experience
that they can take with them when they enter
the workforce.
Ecological Literacy 5. Improved quality of life in the campus. A green
Refers to an individual’s understanding not only of Campus is a cleaner, safer, and healthier place
ecological concepts, but also of his or her place in the to live and work.
ecosystem.
Is about understanding how our activities-including Seven Environmental Principles
reading and writing-not only impact the earth but fit
into the complex web of ecological relationships within 1. Nature knows best-This is the most basic
we live. principle. We as humans have to understand
nature and follow its rules, because if we want
Characterizing an Eco literate Person to ensure a continuous and steady supply of
resources, one must go against natural process.
1. An inquirer, who actively secures the basic skills If we, humans, caused any disruption in the
and knowledge in order to carry out ecological cycle of nature, tis can bring imbalance to our
responsibilities. This also enables her to reach ecosystem.
her own potential and place in the physical and 2. All forms are important. Each organism plays a
natural environment. fundamental role in nature. It is easy to
2. A reflective learner, who understands the value appreciate the beautiful organisms like
and limitations of human knowledge, the power butterfly, especially if one knows their
and limitations of the natural world, the role of important role in pollination. The giant ones like
intuition in real life pursuits, and the role of self elephants, the whales, the alligators-are the
as it is manifested in one’s personal narrative. ones we respect mixed with fear or wonder and
3. Intelligently self-directed, who engages in self- the products they produce
appraisal, sets new learning objectives, develops 3. Everything is connected to everything else. In
plan to achieve those objectives, carries out those an ecosystem, all biotic and abiotic components
plans in a flexible inquiry-directed manner, and interact with each other to ensure that the
reflects on the whole process. system is sustained. Any intrusion from outside
4. Morally Responsible, who governs actions with may cause an imbalance and collapsing of the
precepts(responsibility, seeking justice and system.
equality for all) that maintain harmonious 4. Everything Changes. The environment is
relationship. constantly changing. Organism also develop
5. Ecologically Responsible, who embodies through time. However, with our current
ecological ideals in daily life technology, we have affected these natural
6. Seek self-transcendence, who moves beyond changes that these changes now causes
the limitations of personal ego by identifying problematic events to us. Humans should
with human groups(past and future) rethink their relationship with the environment
often turn out to be catastrophic.
Benefits of being an Eco Literate 5. Everything must go somewhere. It doesn’t just
disappear. For example, if you throw a piece of
1. Environmental and Economic sustainability. A candy wrapper away, it disappears from sight
system-wide culture of sustainability helps but does not cease to exist. It ends up a
preserve and enhance what the institution component of the atmosphere and can be
values today as well as for the future. brought down by rains. Any particular type of
2. Reputation as a leader through example. As waste should be a concern to us. It may be
colleges and universities offer courses in pollutant or a resource depending on certain
environmental management, engineering, laws factor. Be a responsible person and throw your
and regulations, and assessment, greening trash in a proper place.
initiatives provide them opportunities to 6. Ours is a finite earth. Earth’s resources can be
practice what they preach and make their mark classified as either renewable or non-
as environmental leaders. renewable. Renewable resources are those that
3. Economic Benefits. A routine, curriculum- can be easily replenished by natural cycles(e.g.
based, environment audit program that reveals water, air, plants, animal) while non-renewable
waste and inefficiency associated with campus resources can be replenished, it is important to
activities, coupled with the identification of understand that these are renewable only if
environment-friendly alternatives, can yield they are not overused and not destroyed from
significant cost savings for the institution. factors such as pollution.
4. Real-Life work experience for your students. 7. Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of
Environmental audits and pollution prevention God’s creation. Among all creatures, humans are
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been given the right to have dominion over all on what a living system is made of, we
his creations. Being the most intelligent and study its patterns. Pedagogically the shift
gifted with reason, humans are capable of reminds us of the importance of integrating
manipulating creation to their own advantage. art info programs of study. This enables
Yet, creation exist without nature. They are co-
children even of young age to recognize
natural with the environment they live in. If the
environment they live in is destroyed, with it
and express patterns whether we talk
will go Homo Sapiens. about poetry, literature, visual arts
performing arts, and music.
Ecological Literacy is a form of transformative
education that requires shifts in three related areas:
1. Perception(seeing) WEEK NO 11: Arts and Creativity
2. Conception(knowing) Literacy
3. Action(doing)
Artistic Literacy is defined in the National Coalition for
In schools, teachers also required to shift emphasis Core Arts Standard: A Conceptual Framework for Arts
through the following Learning (2014) as the knowledge and understanding
required to participate authentically in the arts.
• From parts to whole-Subjects are to be
taught as integrated not as isolated units in What is Visual Literacy
curriculum Isolated units in the curriculum.
Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and
make meaning from information presented in the
• From objects to relationships. An
form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy,
ecosystem is a community, Communities which commonly signifies interpretation of a written
are characterized by networks, or or printed text. Visual literacy is based on the idea
relationships. Schools put premium on that pictures can be "read" and that meaning can be
relationship-based processes such as through a process of reading.
cooperation, collaboration, and decision-
making by consensus The ability to use imagination to transcend traditional
ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to
• From objective knowledge to contextual create meaningful new ideas, forms and methods.
knowledge. This shift requires one to
explain properties of the parts within
the context of the whole or in terms of WHY IS VISUAL LITERACY IMPORTANT?
environments and systems.
1.Visual Information is More Memorable
• From quantity to quality Assessments have One of the most effective ways to encourage
traditionally emphasized standardized information to make that important jump from the
limited short-term memory to the more powerful long-
testing in terms of quantities. numeric
term memory is to pair text with images. Studies show
scores, and measurements Schools are
that we retain approximately 10-20% of written or
challenged to design assessment more spoken information, but around 65% of information
adequate than the standardized tests if they when it is presented visually.
are to practice this principle
2. Visual Information is Transferred Faster Information
• From structure to process-Systems are presented visually is processed extremely quickly by the
dynamic and evolving. Thus. the brain. The brain is even being able to see images that
understanding of living structures is linked appear for a mere 13 milliseconds. Around 90% of the
to understanding renewal change and information transmitted to the brain is visual in nature.
transformation. This shift is embodied in
project based learning, which highlights
3.Helps Students Communicate with the World Around
the application of knowledge within
Them
evolving real-life contexts.
Traditionally, we think teaching literacy as the two way
street of reading and writing. We can think of visual
• From contents to patterns - When we draw literacy as involving the similar processes of interpreting
maps of relationships, we discover certain images and creating images. In a fast-moving world,
configurations of relationships that appear with ever-increasing diagnosis of attention deficit
again and again. We call these disorders, we increasingly rely on images to quickly
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success, but is also an important skill that adults use in
4. Enriches Understanding countless activities on a daily basis.
While images can be used in isolation, they often
accompany text or audio. Images can greatly enrich the Examples of eye-hand coordination
students’ understanding of a text or other media, but to • We use hand-eye coordination whenever we
be able to interact with these deeper levels of meaning, write. As you start making lines, our eyes
students must possess the necessary skills to access
send visual information to the brain to tell it
those depths.
where the hand is placed and if your
5. Increases Enjoyment handwriting is legible With this information,
Not only does increased visual literacy enrich the the brain generates instructions for how the
understanding of our students of the media they hand has to move in order to create
consume, but it can also enrich their enjoyment too - appropriate lines and shapes, resulting in
especially of visual art. If you have taken younger letters. Visual feedback also helps correct
students to an art gallery you may have heard protests erroneous shapes (letters) generated by the
of ‘This is boring!’ previous motor instructions. It is a sequence
of fast and precise motor actions that
However, when students have a deeper understanding require a certain amount of skill and training.
of the ‘meaning’ behind the art pieces, or are familiar
with the context around the art, insights into the lives of • A similar sequence takes place when we type
the artists, or experienced with some of the techniques on a keyboard. The type of movements are
that produced the pieces, students often derive different, but we still use visual information
to tell the brain how to guide the hand or if a
greater pleasure from their visit.
mistake needs to be corrected.

The same is true of their engagement in terms of visual • When you drive, you are constantly using
literacy. As informed readers of images in a range of hand-eye coordination because you have to
modalities, students are opened up to an exciting use the visual information to move your
dimension of shape, color and texture and more. hands on the wheel, keeping the car in the
middle of the lane and avoiding accidents.
1. Creates More Educated Image Readers
In an era of fake news and ceaseless advertising, a • Almost every sport requires the use of hand-eye
responsible approach to the duty of educating our coordination to coordinate what you see with
students must involve encouraging them to become your eyes with the movement if your body.
informed viewers of the world around them, including Depending on the sport, either hand-eye
the media they engage with. Through the teaching of
coordination (basketball, tennis, football, etc.)
visual literacy we can help students understand the
different ways the images they consume can be used to or foot-eye coordination (soccer, track, etc.) will
manipulate their emotions and persuade them to act in be more dominant. Whatever the sport, you
a given way. can count on the fact that they eye will be
coordinating with some part of the body, so a
What is hand-eye coordination? more appropriate term for this type of
coordination may simply called motor
Hand-eye coordination, or eye-hand coordination, is the coordination.
ability to do activities that require the simultaneous use
of our hands and eyes, like an activity that uses the • Putting a key in a lock also uses hand-eye
information our eyes perceive (visual spatial perception) coordination. Similar examples would be when
to guide our hands to carry out a movement. you insert a credit card in a chip reader, or
when a child plays with toys with shapes that
• We use our eyes to direct attention to a they have to fit into a certain hole.
stimulus and help the brain understand
where the body is located in space (self-
perception). Problems and disorders related to poor hand-eye
coordination
• We use our hands to simultaneously carry
out a determined task based on the visual
Poor hand-eye coordination can affect many different
information our eyes receive
activities, which may lead to developmental disorders,
Eye-hand coordination is a complex cognitive ability, as it learning disorders (problems learning to read and write
calls for us to unite our visual and motor skills, allowing for and play sports), in academics (making mistakes when
the hand to be guided by the visual stimulation our eyes they take notes, poor hand-writing, poor attention),
receive. Hand-eye coordination is especially important for professional areas (if there are problems
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typing or assembling objects), and problems with daily spoken, how a gesture is made, how a line
activities (from eating to sewing to driving). is written, and how a melody is played, all
affect the character of the whole.

4. Surprise is not to be seen as an intruder in the

How can you measure and assess hand- process of inquiry, but as a part of the
eye coordination? rewards one reaps when working artistically.

We use hand-eye coordination almost constantly in our 5. Slowing down perception is the most
daily lives, and is one of the skills that makes it possible promising way to see what is actually there.
to appropriately fit into our environments on a daily It Is true that we have certain words to
basis. This is why assessing hand-eye coordination and designate high levels of intelligence. We
knowing if there is any deficiency can be helpful in a describe somebody as being swift, or bright,
number of different areas. or sharp, or sharp on the pick. Speed in its
swift state is a descriptor for those we call
1. Academic Areas: to know if a child might have smart.
trouble doing certain tasks or completing 6. The limits of language are not the limits of
homework, tests, essays, etc. cognition. WE know more that we can tell.
2. Medical Areas: To know if a patient will be able
to drive (or eat) on their own. 7. Somatic experience is one of the most
3. Professional Areas: To know if an employee will important indicators that someone has
be able to perform their job properly and safely. gotten is right. Related to the multiple ways
in which we represent the world through
Characterizing Artistically Literate Individuals our multiple forms of literacy is the way in
1. Use a variety of artistic media, symbols, and which we come to know the world through
metaphors to communicate their own ideas and the entailments of our body.
respond to the artistic communication of others.
2. Develop creative personal realization in at least
one art from in which they continue active 8. Open-ended tasks permit the exercise of
involvement as an adult. imagination, and an exercise of the
3. Cultivate culture history, and other connections imagination is one of the most important
through diverse form and genres of artwork. aptitudes.
4. Find joy, inspiration, peace, intellectual
stimulation, and meaning when they participate Issues in Teaching Creativity
in the arts. • Educate the well-being of learners and
5. Seek artistic experiences and support the arts in shift from the conventional learnings
their communities. toward academic ability alone.
• Give equal weight to the arts, the
Students can embody different forms of arts humanities, and to physical education.
• Use their minds in verbal and nonverbal ways • Facilitate and work toward stimulating
• Communicate complex ideas in a variety of curiosity among learners.
forms • Awaken and Develop powers of
• Understand words, sounds, or ideas. creativity among learners.
• Imagine new possibilities • View intelligence as diverse dynamic,
• Persevere to reach goals and make them and distinct, contrary to common belief
happen. that it should be academic ability-
What education can learn from arts? geared.
1. Form and content cannot be separated.
How something is said done shapes the
content of experience. In education, how How art will help the education in the development of
something is taught, how curricula are the system of reading, writing, and numbering.
organized, and how schools are designed 1. Imagination and pretense, fantasy and
Impact upon what students will learn. metaphor. A creative curriculum will simply
allow, but will actively support, play and
2. Everything interacts-There is no content playfulness.
without form and no form without content. 2. Active menu to meaning making. IN a
classroom where children can choose to draw,
3. Nuance Matters- To the extent to which write, paint, or play in the way that suits their
teaching is an art, attention to nuance is purpose and/or mood, literacy learning and arts
critical. It can also be said that the aesthetic learning will inform and support each other.
lives in the details that the maker can shape 3. Intentional, holistic making. A creative
in the course of creation. How a word is curriculum requires a creative teacher, who
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understands the creative process, and information by asking, “Do they provide contact
purposefully supports learners in their information (email, postal address, or phone
experience. number)? What do you know about the
4. Co-player, Co-Artist. Educators must be author’s reputation or previous publications?”
reminded of the importance of understanding Information texts should pass through a review
children as current citizens, with capacities and process where several readers examine and
capabilities in here and now. approve the content before it is published.
Statements issued in the name of an
Critical Literacy and the Arts organization have almost always been seen and
The creation of artistic products by an individual and approved by several people.
the perception and rejection upon other’s artworks • Accuracy – information needs to be up-to-date,
showcase the power of critical literacies at work within factual, detailed, exact, and comprehensive.
arts context. It is the primary aim of critical literacy to: Things to bear in mind when judging accuracy
include timeliness and comprehensiveness. We
1. allows students to see how text work to construct must therefore be careful to note when
their worlds their cultures, and their identities in information was created, before deciding
powerful, often overtly ideological ways; and whether it is of value. It is always a good idea to
2. understand how they use texts as social tools in ways conserve more than one text. Indicators that
that allow for a reconstruction of these same worlds. the text is inaccurate either in whole or in part
include the absence of a date or an old date on
The arts, literacies, and reality are dynamically linked information known to change rapidly; vague or
and understanding attained by critically reading sweeping generalizations; and the failure to
aesthetic text involves perceiving the relationship acknowledge opposing views.
between the art, its creator, and its context. Both the • Reasonableness – involves examining the
practice and understanding of art forms and being information for fairness, objectivity, and
critically literate are interconnected. Indeed, critical moderateness. Fairness requires the writer to
literacy makes possible a more adequate ‘reading’ of offer a balanced argument, and to consider
the world, on the basis of which people can enter into claims made by people with opposing views a
‘rewriting’ the world into a formation in which their good information text will have a claim based
interests, identities, and legitimate aspirations are more on tone arguing or presenting material
fully present and present more equally. thoughtfully like comprehensiveness objectivity
is difficult to achieve with writers however try
Textual analysis can be guided by asking the learners to to minimize bias
make their way systematically through a list of • Support – support for the writer’s argument
questions such as the following: from other sources strengthens their credibility.
• What is the subject or topic of this text? It can take various forms such as writing
• Why might the author have written it? bibliography, references, and corroboration. It
• Who is it written for? How do you know? is a good idea to triangulate information, that is
• What values does the author assume the reader to find at least three texts that agree. If other
holds? How do you know? texts do not agree, further research into the
• What knowledge does the reader need to bring range of opinion or disagreement is needed.
to the text in order to understand it? Readers should be careful when statistics are
• Who would feel ‘left out’ in this text and why? presented without identifying the source or
Who would feel that the claims made in the text when they cannot find any other texts that
clash with their own values beliefs or present or acknowledge the same information.
experiences?
• How is the reader ‘positioned’ in relation to the
author? (e.g., as a friend, as an opponent, as
someone who needs to be persuaded as invisible
as someone who agrees with the authors views)?

Another approach for analyzing texts is to use a

checklist such as CARS (Credibility, Accuracy,
Reasonableness, Support), which was originally
developed for use in evaluating websites.
• Credibility – evidence of authenticity and
reliability is important. Tests that help the
reader judge the credibility of a text include
examining the author's credentials and the
quality of content. It is necessary to look for
biographical details on their education, training,
and/or experience in an area relevant to the
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WEEK NOS. 12-18: Final Assessment

At this point, students enrolled in this course will role play as a student-teacher and will be tasked to do a live teaching
demonstration. Subject to modification by the instructor, these are the general guidelines that must be observed:
• The student-teacher will be scheduled to do a live teaching demonstration of a chosen/designated lesson in
secondary education that is aligned to his/her specialization.
• The instructor will designate a 21st century literacy to be integrated by the student teacher in his/her chosen
lesson.
• The student-teacher will integrate the designated 21st Century literacy in his/her chosen lesson and will see to it
that such literacy was adequately met.
• A detailed lesson plan shall be prepared and submitted by the student-teacher to the instructor prior to the
scheduled teaching demonstration.
• The detailed lesson plan shall consist of six (6) basic components, namely: (a) Objectives/Intended Learning
Competencies – aligned to the updated DepEd Curriculum Guide, (b) Subject Matter/Topic, (c) Preliminary
Activities, (d) Lesson Proper/Procedure, (e) Summary and/or Generalizations, (f) Evaluation and Assessment.
Albeit instructor’s prescribed format shall prevail.
• The student-teacher may employ a variety of instructional materials and strategies in the context of fully online
learning environment.
• The following shall be the rubrics for the teaching demonstration.

Demonstrates the acquisition of assigned 21st century literacy

in the teaching-learning process
Formulates/adopts objectives of lesson plan
Selects appropriate and varied teaching methods/strategies
Executes effective preliminary activities
Gives clear directions and logical explanations
Has mastery of the subject matter
Direct Teaching-Learning Situation (40%)
Addresses individual differences through differentiated
learning
Utilizes collaborative/cooperative learning strategies
Communicates clearly and accurately
Provides appropriate verbal and non-verbal reinforcements
Utilizes the art of questioning to develop higher order
thinking skills (HOTS)
Lesson plan shows integration of the designated 21st century
literacy
Lesson plan contains relevant and appropriate activities
Lesson plan shows integration of other subjects and relevant
Lesson Planning (15%)
contemporary issues
Lesson plan manifests learner-centered activities
Lesson plan is organized, neat, and observed proper format
Lesson plan is submitted on time
Instructional materials are appropriate for the given activity
Maximized the proper and effective use of adequate
Preparation and Utilization of Instructional Materials (15%) technologies including software and interactive apps.
Instructional materials show the teacher’s creativity and
resourcefulness
Diagnoses learner’s need
Evaluates learner’s outcome
Assessment/Evaluation (10%)
Assesses lesson to determine desired outcomes within
allotted time
Proactively addresses technical issues
Maintains good rapport with students
Classroom Management (10%) Pays attention to the routine matter
Handles disciplinary problems properly
Motivates and keeps students’ attention and interest
Well-poised
Personal Qualities (10%) Properly groomed
Pleasant disposition

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