The 21st Century Skills

Learning Log #1

             

                The 21^st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. 21^st century skills helps students deliver information and to develop their critical thinking and problem solving skill in order to broaden one’s knowledge and confidence.

            The 21^st century skill that I need to develop is the Effective Communication Skills.

Why?

            Effective Communication Skills is the ability to share information, thoughts, feelings and emotion. It also includes the encoding and decoding information. This is the skill that I need to improve because I do lack of self-confidence especially when I am facing a large crowd. Lacking self-confidence, is a great hindrance in expressing your thoughts and ideas. There are some instances that I do have an idea but I am ashamed in sharing it in class because I am afraid I am wrong. This is why I want to develop this skill because I am a future teacher and my future work is to stand up in front of my students to teach them. How can I become a better and competitive teacher if I can’t stand confidently in front of my students?

How?

             I really want to develop this skill but how?

             I can do it by conquering all my fears and insecurities of myself. I should be confident in delivering my ideas and thoughts. I must teach my students with passion and commitment. Also, I would accept advises and comments from my classmates, friends and my teachers on how to improve my self-confidence based on my behavior so that I will know what are the things that I need to be done and to improve. 

As a future teacher, how will I develop the 21st century skills among my students?

            As a future teacher, our duty is to teach our students the things what they need to learn. We are all aware that these skills are important not only for the teachers but also to the students. To develop these skills I would conduct activities that would help them develop these skills. I would encourage every student to participate religiously to assure their learning and realization in line with the activity. I would let them think critically and solve some problems to test their ability to think and decision making. I would also consider the communication skills in every activity because these are very important in the collaboration and teamwork of my students. 

Sources:

1         https://k12.thoughtfullearning.com/FAQ/what-are-21st-century-skills

2        http://edglossary.org/21st-century-skills/

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