21st – Century Learning: 3R’s and 7C’s

         The term 21^st century skills is generally used to refer to certain core competencies such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem solving that advocates believe schools to teach, to help students thrive in today’s world (www.sophia.0rg).  In K to 12 Enhance Basic Education it really needs not only for Senior High School but also in lower grades. I believe that it should be start in Kindergarten so that they should develop their skills in learning by doing. An American philosopher John Dewey said a hand’s on approach to learning must interact with their environment in order to adopt and learn. We know that children today are active, inquisitive and wanted to explore. (article, August 30, 2019)

                Why we have 21^st century learner? Before, in traditional teaching, we focuses on reading, writing and arithmetic which are the 3R’s. The framework for 21^st Century Learning skills focuses on the 7C’s, according to Trilling. It includes: critical thinking; creativity and innovation; collaboration; cross-cultural and understanding; communication, computing technology; and career learning.

                                                  3R’s x 7C’s equal 21^st Century skills. 

                   

We called this as creating powerful learning experience through integration

              The purpose of 21st century education is to prepare our learners for global competition, to be productive and good members of our communities. Our basic systems are transforming at a pace never seen before. The way we access and spread information, our work habits and method of socializing and the increasing of modern technology.