Day 2, Session 1 Grades 3&9

Session Topic : TEACHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Episode Title : The 21st Century Teacher and Learner
Duration : 1.5 hours
Resources Needed:
 Video presentation: “Teaching in the 21st Century”
 Manila paper
 Pentel pens
 Crayons
Readings : 21st Century Teaching and Learning
Qualities of the 21st Century Teacher
Philippine Qualifications Framework

Objectives:
In this learning session, the participants should be able to:
1. Describe the 21st century teacher and learner;
2. Identify ways to develop the skills of a 21st century teacher and learner
3. Develop personal plan of action to promote 21st century teaching and
learning

Overview/Introduction

In this learning session, we will meet the teachers and the learners of the 21 st
century and we will identify the skills they are expected to have.

Session Proper

Activity 1 (Group Work)

1. On manila paper, draw a caricature of a 21st century teacher (do this on half
part) and the 21st century learner (on the other half). You may write key
words to characterize the teacher and the learner.
2. Report to the big group.
3. After reporting, play a video clip about teaching in the 21st century. As they
watch, they write down characteristics and skills they note in the video.

Analysis

1. How did you feel about your drawing?

2. What common characteristics of a 21st century teacher/learner were
surfaced in the drawing? What skills do they possess?

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 (the facilitator will publish the responses classifying them under these
headings:
 Information, Media and Technology Skills
 Learning and Innovation Skills
 Communication Skills
 Life and Career Skills
3. Are these characteristics the same or similar to the ones shown in the video?
4. How can these skills be developed by the teachers/learners?
5. How do you assess yourself in relation to these expectations?
6. What insights have you gained from this session?

Abstraction
Discuss the following inputs in relation to participants’ responses
 The K to 12 classifications of the 21st Century Skills
 The Qualities of the 21st Century Teacher
 What the teachers must do to promote/develop the 21st century teaching
and learning

Application

1. Prepare a plan of action on the things that you will stop doing, start doing
and continue doing in relation to your role as teachers of the 21st century.
Use this format:

STOP START CONTINUE

2. Ask a volunteer to share his/her output.

3. Cap the session with any of the following clinchers:
"The greatest sign of a success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are
now working as if I did not exist.“
– Maria Montessori

“The illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read
and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn”. Alvin Toffler

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