Reporter: PHILGREEN B.
FERNANDO
6. 21st Century Skills
Education in the 21st century promotes the skills needed to be productive members of today's Society.
It is not enough fpr students to learn the basic skills of reading, writing, and numerancy, but should
develop in themselves skills that would help cope with life and work in 21st century communities. These
skills, include among others, critical and creative thinking skills, problem solving and decision making
and ICT literacy amd skills. As a teacher, you are expected to posses these 21st century skills before you
can help your students develop these skills.
7. Project-based and Research Driven
Among the critical attributes of 21st century education is the emphasis on data, information and
evidence-based decision making. It relies heavily on student-driven activities to encourage active
learning. This implies that the teachers of the 21st century need to be knowledgeable about research to
guide their students learning through self-directed activities, such as learning projects within and
outside their classroom. Investigation projects showcased in many science fairs across southest Asia and
in the world are example of research-based activities of students.
8. Relevant, Rigorous and real world
Education in the 21st Century is meaningful because it is rooted in real life day-to-day activities of
learners. It can be applied to the realities of the present and includes students need to develop to
enable them to become productive members of the 21st century.
This critical attributes implies the topics are taught using current and relevant information and linked to
real-life situation and context. As a 21st century teacher, you need to be updated on the current trends,
developments, and issues in your school, community, and in the world, so that your teaching will be
relevant to the lives of your students. Newspaper, Tv and Radio news and the internet are good sources
of relevant and up-to-date information that you can access.