Into a New Horizon in Education

Contextual Scan of the Philippine Basic Education Photo credits: https://blogs.adb.org/blog/5-ways-make-most-philippine-education-investments Educational Environment The K to 12 Program includes Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school) to allow for the mastery of concepts and skills, the development of lifelong learners, and the preparation of graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. The Philippine educational system has catered all types of learners through regular/ mainstream classes, alternative learning system (Department of Education [DepEd], 2021), Madrassah (DepEd, 2017), and Special Education (DepEd, 1997). The department also addressed the needs and interests of the learners who excel in specific fields through the implementation of special curricular programs such as Science and Technology, Arts, Sports, Journa...

  How relevant and applicable were the course contents in helping you enhance your competencies as 21 st Century teacher? This short-term course allowed me to assess the competencies expected of a 21st-century educator. Despite the four years of preparation, I received during my teacher education days, as well as the numerous workshops and seminars I have attended, it has become an excellent forum for me to rekindle the path I took. The demands of being a teacher have changed. Previously, paper-and-pencil tests and teacher-talking time were the off-the-shelf strategies. But now, you cannot go a day without using a television set/digital light processing projector, speakers, laptop, among others. Similarly, teachers have updated their students via social media. Indeed, things and times have changed. Given these classroom realities, I am grateful to have been introduced to the requirements of the twenty-first-century teaching landscape. We must learn, relearn, and unlearn be...

Sir Roger eagerly poses with a thumb's up to signify his approval of my plan.   Teaching in the VUCA World: A challenge for lifelong learning          Everything changes in our volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, and an excellent teacher who prepares for and anticipates unfathomable and unknown events is one-step ahead. A teacher must successfully construct a system despite its complexity; be flexible and inventive in response to trends; be open to learning outside the books; and value the emergence in order to carry out the planned strategic activities. This clearly emphasizes that a teacher must be well-informed while making curricular and management decisions about the issues at hand.          To be able to establish an operational system in a VUCA environment, the key clienteles (students, teachers, and administrators) of an educational institution must be considered....