BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: Course Syllabus :Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the Curriculum

EDUC 110 - Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the Curriculum

Course Description:

This course introduces the concepts of new literacies in the 21st century as an evolving social phenomena and shared cultural practices across learning areas. The 21st century literacies shall include (a) globalization and multi-cultural literacy, (b) social literacy, (c) media literacy, (d) financial literacy, (e) cyber literacy/digital literacy, (f) eco-literacy and (g) arts and creativity literacy. Field based-interdisciplinary explorations and other teaching strategies shall be used in this course (CHED CMO-No. 74, s. 2017).

Course Credits : 3 Units

Contact Hours : 3 hours/week

Course Code : EDUC 110

Program Outcomes:

Demonstrate mastery of subject matter/discipline.
Facilitate learning using a wide range of teaching methodologies and delivery modes appropriate to specific learners and their environments.
Demonstrate a variety of thinking skills in planning, monitoring, assessing, and reporting learning processes and outcome.

Course Outcome:

demonstrate content knowledge and its application within and/or across curriculum teaching areas
demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that promote literacy skills
apply teaching strategies that develop learners’ critical and creative thinking and /or other higher order thinking skills
show skills in the selection, development and use of variety of teaching and learning resources, including ICT, to address learning goals
demonstrate skills in the positive use of ICT

Course Content

1. PVGMO

2. Course Content and Requirements

Unit I. Introduction of Key Concepts

*Definitions of traditional literacies

1. Traditional literacy

2. Functional literacy

3. Early literacy/emergent literacy

4. Basic literacy and skills

Unit II: Definitions of the 21st Century Literacies

The 21st century literacies and skills

1. globalization and multi-cultural literacy

2. social literacy

3. media literacy

4. financial literacy

5. cyber/ digital literacy

6. eco-literacy

7. arts and creativity literacy

Unit III: The 21st Century Education

1. 21ST Century Education Contexts
2. A Paradigm Shift for 21st Century Education
3. Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education
4. The Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
5. Common 21st Century Technology Tools for Learning

Unit IV: 21st Century Skill Categories

The 21st Century Skills
Framework for 21st Century
Learning and Innovation Skills
Information, Media, and technology Skills
Social and Cross-cultural Skills

Unit V: New Literacies, Functional Literacy and

Multiliteracy

1. New Literacies
2. Exploring the new Literacies
3. Functional literacy

Unit VI: Integrating New Literacies in the Curriculum

1. The Concept of Integrated Curriculum

2. Approaches to integration

3. Multidisciplinary Approach

4. Interdisciplinary Approach

5. Transdisciplinary Approach

6. Methods of Curriculum Integration

Unit VII: Multicultural and Global Literacy

1. Multicultural Literacy

2. Global Literacy Global Competence

3. The Need for Global Competence

4. Global understanding

Unit VIII: Social Literacy

1. Social Literacy

2. Social Skills

3. Types of Social Skills

4. Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

5. Strategies for Enhancing Emotional Intelligence

6. Ten Characteristics of an Emotionally intelligent Person

7. People Skills

8. Strategies in Obtaining good People Skills

* Midterm Examination.............................................

Unit IX: Media Literacy Media Literacy 1. Roles of Media Literacy 2. Social media 3. Types of Social media Websites 4. Media and Information Literacy (MIL) 5. Aspects of MIL 6. Seven Dimensions of MIL 7. Advantages and Disadvantages of media

Unit X: Financial Literacy 1. Financial Literacy 2. Financial Plan 3. Five Financial Improvement Strategies 4. Budget and Budgeting 5. Seven Steps to Good Budgeting 6. Spending 7. Investment and Investing 8. Savings 9. 10 Reasons Why Save Money 10. Common Financial Scams to Avoid 11. 10 Tips to Avoid Common Financial Scams 12. Financial Scams Among Students

Unit XI: Digital / Cyber Literacy 1. Digital Literacy 2. Cybersecurity 3. Ways on how to be a Good Cyber Citizen 4. Importance of Cyber Citizenship 5. Proper Netiquette 6. The Ten Commandments of teacher Cyber 7. Citizenship 8. Internet Safety 9. Cyberbullying 10. Cybercrime

XII: Ecoliteracy 1. Ecoliteracy and Sustainable development 2. Ecologically Literate Person and Society 3. Ways to Develop Ecoliteracy in Schools 4. Seven Environmental principles of Nature XIII: Arts and Creative Literacy 1. Arts and Creative Literacy 2. Seven habits of Highly Creative People 3. Eye-Hand Coordination 4. Examples of Eye-Hand Coordination 5. Problems and disorders related to poor eye-hand 6. coordination 7. Eye-Hand Coordination Development Stages 8. Visual Literacy 9. Verbal Creativity Three approaches to Aesthetics 10. Integrating Arts and Creativity Literacy into the 11. Curriculum

* Final Examination..................................

References:

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