DAGUPAN COLLEGES FOUNDATION

A.B Fernandez East, Dagupan City

ST
THE 21 CENTURY
TEACHER

JOEL B. AQUINO

MR. ALFREDO P. NAVARRO

INSTRUCTOR
 The 21st Century Teacher
“If we teach today as we thought yesterday we rob our children of tomorrow.”
-John Dewey

“A good teacher can inspire, hope, ignite the imagination and instill a love of learning.”
-Brand Henry

“One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”
-Malala Yousafzai

The 21st century teacher looks forward to the future. They are aware of the ever changing
trends in technology and are in tune of what the future may bring to education. A good 21 st
century teacher is aware of the career opportunities that will be in the coming years for their
students, and are always advocating towards forward thinking and planning to ensure all students
will not be left behind.

The 21st century skills

 Communications skills
 Teaming
 Collaboration
 Interpersonal skills
 Local, national and global orientedness
 Interactive communication
 Learning and innovation skills
 Creativity
 Curiosity
 Critical thinking problem solving skills and risk taking

 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

 Information, media and technology skills

 Visual and information literacy
 Media literacy
 Basic, scientific, economic and technological literacy

Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, make meaning from information presented in the term
of an image. It also the ability to evaluate, apply or create conceptual visual representations.

“The signs are every everywhere. If you can read them the primary literacy of the 21st century
will be visual: pictures, graphics, and images of every kind. Engineering, architecture, computer
trades, health care professions, all require visual literacy. It’s no longer enough to read and
write. Our students must learn to process both words and pictures. They must be able to move
gracefully and fluently between text and images, between literal and figurative worlds.”

-LynellBurmark (learn to see, see to learn)

 Information literacy

Is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when the information is needed and
have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

Different categories of Information literacy

Indentify
+ + Find + + Evaluate Apply
+ Acknowledge

= Success

Media literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access,

analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to
video to the Internet. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as
well as essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy.

Scientific literacy is the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes
required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic
productivity. It also includes specific types of abilities

Four (4) aspects to become a scientific literate

 Intellectual
 Using prior knowledge
 Using scientific knowledge
 Evaluating sources
 Distinguishes between reliable and unreliable information
 Able to offer explanations that are valid and testable
 Attitudinal
 Curious about surroundings
 Stays informed with research
 Open mind to new information, methods and research
 Engages in the joy of experimentation
 Societal
 Understands the role of science in society
 Personal and social actions are taken only after weighing the possible
consequences
 Analyzes the benefits vs. consequences brought about by science
 Interdisciplinary
 Science concepts connect to all disciplines including math, English, and social
studies
 Science methods can be applied in everyday decision making from personal to
global

Economic Literacy at Collegiate provides students with foundations in both economics

education and financial literacy. Economics education is the study of how markets work and how
individuals make choices to manage resources, and financial literacy is the ability to use
knowledge and skills to manage monetary resources effectively.

Technology literacy is the ability of an individual, working independently and with others, to
responsibly, appropriately and effectively use technology tools to access, manage, integrate,
evaluate, create and communicate information.