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BRIMON, RAVEN MAE F. SOLIVERES, ROWENALYN B.

21st Century Education Contexts 21st Century Schools Schools in the 21st century focus on a project-based curriculum for life that would engage students in addressing real-world problems and humanity concerns and issues.

Learners will become adaptive to changes. These changes have implications for teachers: (1) Teachers must discover student interest by helping them see what and how they are learning to prepare them for life in the real world; (2) They must instill curiosity, which is fundamental to lifelong learning;

The 21st Century Curriculum The curriculum also integrates higher-order thinking skills, multiple intelligences, technology and multimedia, multiple literacies and authentic assessments, including service-learning. The classroom is filled with self-directed students, who work independently and interdependently. The curriculum and instruction are designed imbued with the concept of differentiation.

The 21st Century Learning

Environment.

Typically, a 21st Century classroom is

not confined to a literal classroom building

but a learning environment where students

collaborate with their peers, exchange

insights, coach and mentor one another

and share talents and skills with other

students.

Understanding 21st Century Learners Today's students are referred to as "digital natives", while educators as "digital immigrants (Prensky, 2001). Students' entire lives have been immersed in the 21 Century media culture. A survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found that young people (ages 8-18) spend on electronic media an average of six hours a day.

21st Century Skills Outcome and the Demands in the Job Market. The 21st Century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types, namely:

The 21st Century Learning Implications. Merely teaching them ideas and facts without teaching them how to use them in real-life settings is no longer enough. The purpose of school should be to prepare students for success after graduation.

1. Integrated and Interdisciplinary. Education in the 21st Century is characterized by interfacing various disciplines in an integrated manner rather than compartmentalizing its subsequent parts.
2. Technologies and Multimedia. Education in the 21st Century makes optimum use of available Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as well as multimedia to improve the teaching and learning process, including online applications and technology platforms.

3. Global Classrooms. Education in the 21st Century aims to produce global citizens by exposing students to the issues and concerns in the local, national and global societies.
4. Creating/Adapting to Constant Personal and Social Change and Lifelong Learning. Education in the 21st Century subscribes to the belief that learning does not end within the four walls of the classroom. Instead, it can take place anywhere, anytime regardless of age.

7. Project-Based and Research-Driven 21st Century education emphasizes data, information and evidence-based decision-making through student activities that encourage active learning.
8. Relevant, Rigorous and Real World Education in the 21st Century is meaningful as it connects to real-life experiences of learners.

21st Century teachers are characterized as:

1. Multi-literate. Teachers know how to use various technologies in teaching.
2. Multi-specialist. Teachers are not only knowledgeable in the course subject they teach but also in other areas.