The Skills of 21st Century Learners

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Commonly known as "21st Century Skills," these competencies are recognized internationally as being as important as the development of subject-specific content knowledge. It is clear that a strong foundation for success in this regard is rooted in learning that happens informally, but also within the confines of formal education. This study was entitled The Skills of the 21st Century Learners Towards Education. The study aims to assess the effectiveness of the skills and how to develop them. It is helpful to the learners and to the teachers if they know and understand the importance of implementing of different type of skills. This study will also help to widen one's knowledge in order to further understand the effectiveness of developing each ability and skill.

METHODS

The descriptive survey method of research was used by the researcher. The 104 students of San Isidro National High School were the respondents of the study. This was done through random sampling. The statistical treatment of data used are frequency and weighted mean.

RESULTS

After thorough analysis and interpretation of the data gathered, the factor that can affect learners towards education is through generating students’ own ideas on how to confront a problem or question. Furthermore, the factor that affect the respondents learning skills is the belief that education allows one to work with others to solve problem and the use of technology will be useful in future career.

DISCUSSIONS

The results lead that the skills of the teachers can affect the developing ability of an individual.