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Updates inUpdates in

EducationEducationA MiniA Mini--echoecho--lecture onlecture on

Creativity and LifeCreativity and Life--longlong

LearningLearning

Perlita R. Antonio

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New Skill Requirements for New Skill Requirements for 

the 21the 21stst CenturyCentury

SOURCE: US DEPARTMENT of LABOR

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REQUIRED SKILLS for the NEW MILLENNIUM

BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS

ABILITY TO ORGANIZE RESOURCES

COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS

UNDERSTAND COMPLEX WORK SYSTEMS

WORK WITH A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES

LOCATE, EVALUATE AND USE INFORMATION

COMPUTATIONAL LITERAC Y

The advent of the new millennium calls for a new way of thinking.This includes the way we, as Educators, look at our students.Concerned with properly guiding the latter, we aimed to develop,enhance, and nurture their abilities. However, we are now faced with aseemingly daunting task: That of accurately assessing students performance.

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General Profile of FilipinoGeneral Profile of Filipino

StudentsStudentsBASED ON NATIONAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS

FILIPINO STUDENTS NOWADA YS ARE GENERALL Y WEAK IN THE FOLLOWING

CRITICAL SURVIVAL SKILLS IN THE GLOBAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:

!

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FUNCTIONALFUNCTIONAL

LITERACYLITERACY

COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATIONSKILLSSKILLS

CRITICAL THINKING /CRITICAL THINKING /HIGHER ORDERHIGHER ORDER

THINKING SKILLSTHINKING SKILLS

COMPUTATIONALCOMPUTATIONALSKI

LLSSKI

LLS

SENSE OF COMMUNITYSENSE OF COMMUNITY

=

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The Youth TodayThe Youth Today

Net.GenNet.Gen

Gen.  YGen.  Y ConnectivityConnectivity

Driven Gen.Driven Gen.

³³Pasaway Pasaway ́ Gen´ Gen

Generation at theGeneration at theEdgeEdge

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Filipino Youth AccordingFilipino Youth According

toto

Modern StudiesModern Studies Of the 76.5 million adolescents,Of the 76.5 million adolescents,

23% belong to the 1023% belong to the 10--19 age group;19 age group;

20% are aged 1520% are aged 15--25;25;

and 15.6 million or 22% are of and 15.6 million or 22% are of reproductive agereproductive age

Average dating age is 15 yrs. OldAverage dating age is 15 yrs. Old

Mean age at menarche is 13.44Mean age at menarche is 13.44

-- World Health Organization, 2003World Health Organization, 2003

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83% of Filipino youth are83% of Filipino youth areCatholicsCatholics

Adolescents areAdolescents arechanging religion (fromchanging religion (fromRoman Catholic to BornRoman Catholic to Born--again Christian, etc.)again Christian, etc.)

Adolescents are gettingAdolescents are gettingless religiousless religious

Filipino Youth According toFilipino Youth According to

Modern StudiesModern Studies

(Profile Studies on Filipino Youth

collated and presented by

Macalanda, 2007)

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Pattern of Changes inPattern of Changes in

Religious Interest of Religious Interest of AdolescentsAdolescents

Period of religious awakeningPeriod of religious awakening

Period of religious doubtsPeriod of religious doubts

Period of religious reconstructionPeriod of religious reconstruction

(Profile Studies on Filipino Youth

collated and presented by

Macalanda, 2007)

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New Learning PrinciplesNew Learning Principles

Less teacher talkLess teacher talk More discussionMore discussion PassivityPassivity InteractionInteraction

Individual workIndividual work Team workTeam work Closed questionsClosed questions Open questionsOpen questions Being toldBeing told Finding outFinding out Giving answersGiving answers Solving for answersSolving for answers DiplomaDiploma--orientedoriented LifeLife--long learner long learner 

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STUDENTSTUDENT--CENTEREDCENTERED

LEARNINGLEARNING Focus is on the STUDENTFocus is on the STUDENT

Students suggest projects/Students suggest projects/

select issuesselect issues Teachers provide supportTeachers provide support

and empathyand empathy Teachers value respect for Teachers value respect for 

studentsstudents Teacher as facilitator andTeacher as facilitator and

coachcoach Students learn HOW to think vs. beingStudents learn HOW to think vs. being

taught WHAT to thinktaught WHAT to think

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Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management

The Teacher is«The Teacher is«

COLLABORATIVECOLLABORATIVEWORKERWORKER

VALUEVALUEFORMATOR FORMATOR 

KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

MANAGERMANAGER

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KEEP MOVING!!! KEEP MOVING!!! 

COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATIONSKILLS SKILLS 

CRITICAL &CRITICAL &CREATIVECREATIVETHINKING SKILLS THINKING SKILLS 

SOCIAL SKILLS SOCIAL SKILLS 

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A CREATIVE TEACHER «A CREATIVE TEACHER «

IS A LIFEIS A LIFE--LONG LEARNER.LONG LEARNER.

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Licensure Examination for Licensure Examination for 

Teachers (LET) :Teachers (LET) :Dr. Brenda CorpuzDr. Brenda Corpuz

Member, Board for ProfessionalTeachersMember, Board for ProfessionalTeachers

1. There is an increase in the number of LET examinees over the last

7 years, from 97,560 in 1997 to 141,732 in 2002.

2. There were more elementary level teacher examinees than

high school teacher examinees.

3. There were more high school teachers passing the LET than elementary

school teachers.

4. The elementary teacher examinees tend to generally get higher meanscores in the general education section of the board exam than in the

professional education section while the mean scores of the high

school teacher examinees tend to be generally the same.

5. The elementary teacher examinees generally have lower means than

the high school teacher examinees.

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LET continued«LET continued«6. The LET result for the elementary does not change

radically over the Last 7 years.

7. There is a positive trend on the frequency of 

repeaters/re-takers over the last 7 years.

8. Based on the LET results, the following are the most difficult items

for each group of examinees:

Elementary High School

1. Applying psychological principles in 1. Selecting / applying

teaching-learning situations and utilizing teaching skills and techniques

theories and principles of human growth

and development at various stages

2. Using principles of 

learning in instructional planning2. Applying philosophical principles in

teaching-learning situations and identifying 3. Principles of evaluation

eastern and western philosophies that and test construction

influence Philippine Education. 4. Significant educational developments

5. Interpreting Philippine Educational

Legislation

6. Interpreting teaching-learning situationsin the light of sociological forces, etc.

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AnAn EEMMPPOOWWEERREEDD Teacher:Teacher:

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Let us be theLet us be the BESTBEST

TEACHERSTEACHERS that we can be.that we can be.

Let us learn

from the MASTER TEACHER, Himself «

JESUS.

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THANK  YOU andTHANK  YOU and GODGOD

BLESSBLESS..