21st Century Skills of Secondary School Teachers in the Philippines

Abstract: This survey focused on 21st century skill classes in the Philippines and conducted a questionnaire survey to assess teachers’ practice and perception. It is a descriptive survey in which the author created a questionnaire on the Likert scale, conducted the survey, and tabulated the response results. This study uses a purposive sampling for 20 Araling Panlipunan teachers of Los Baños National High School Batong Malake. Quantitative data was treated with frequency, percentage and mean. The 21st century skills are composed of several inter-related skill sets: Learning and Innovation Skills, Information Media and Technology Skills and Life and Career Skills. The teachers must integrate these skills framework into their daily instructions with various tools for effective learning.

Based on these findings, the mean value of sampled teachers’ practice for information, media and technology skills are lower than that of other skills. Because of the lack of school facilities, that makes it hard for all of them to use tablet terminals or the Internet in their class. On the other hand, the teachers’ perception towards all new skills is generally high. Respondents have noted that despite limited facilities and large number of students in school, they are ready to cope with the teaching challenges in practicing a set of new skills to empower students.

Key words: 21st century skills; learning and innovation skills; information and media technology skills; life and career skills

         JEL code: I290