CHAPTER 1:

INTRODUCTION
EDU 114
LITERACY SKILLS BUILDING & ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES ACROSS THE
CURRICULUM
 I. Introduction
1. Purpose of education
2. Literacy: Definition
3.The Dynamics of Education, Culture and Politics
4. the major life skills (learning, literacy, life skills)
5. the 21st Literacy skills (flexibility, leadership, initiative,
productivity, social)
6. Review of learning and teaching theories
INTRUCTIONS IN UPLOADING THE
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES

1. Upload the different activities separately. 1 document for every activity.

Label it as
ie, Activity 1: Timeline of Educational purpose
Activity 2: ….
2. Include the references used at the end of the document.
3. Submit in PDF form
ACITIVITY #1: Timeline of Educational
Purpose

https://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_update/eu201207_infographic.
pdf
Go to the link above and based on the document, trace the timeline or
evolution of the educational purpose from 1934 to 1991 and up to what it is
today, the 21st century.
 9 Purposes of Education

Education today must make a human with social responsibility.

 The real purpose of education is to make every human to be a better persons with
love for oneself, others and for the nation.
 “A child is not a vase to be filled but a fire to be lit” .
 Education in the modern days should aim at building a new society of love
,justice, equality and peace.
 It is the lamp which should kindle the fire in preparation for the adventures of life
and to face any kind of situation with confidence.
1. Enlightenment
It enables the person with ignorance to awareness of life. It makes the person to reason out
every action that he does. It enlightens the person with soul purpose of his life on earth.

2. Knowledge Development
It makes the individual to decide his life. It enables the person to wider his knowledge of
many things that happens around him and around the world. It imparts both worldly and
spiritual knowledge.

3. Environment
It play an important role in human life. It does teach lot about environment as well as it
importance for human better living. Every child in school is to made aware of the need to
take care of the planet that we are living. It gives wider understanding of environment as
well as the living being on
4. Wholesome Development
Education must make a person fully grown in his stature and in his reasonable thinking. It should not
be a development of intellectual but it should become a wholesome development of an individual that
makes him great in his life.

5. Personality Development

When a person is well learned , he becomes a person with fine qualities. As said that qualities that
you posses that is what you become a person. A person with fine qualities make a best personality

6. Transformation
The education must bring transformation in the heart of the individual. It should make a person to
realize for the purpose of his life on this earth. The education must bring transformation not only in the
individual but nation as a whole. It should start with learned.
7. Life with values
It must teach values for life. Education not only give a good name to the person who are qualified in
the society. But it teaches them values as well how to make a life meaningfully lived.

8. Leadership
It must create leaders for the nation in every level and all the sector of life. The education makes a
person to realize and develop leadership qualities in him. Every child in school is a leader in making
for the future.

9. Create vision
It inspires every individual to have a vision and to work towards his/her success. It gives a guidance to
persons to reach his goal and attain his victory in an easy way.
What is Literacy

Literacy is the ability to

 Read
 Write
 Use numbers
 Handle information
 Express ideas and opinions
 Make decisions
 Solve problems
It is important in making us able to function as
Family members
Workers
Citizens
Lifelong Learners
Why do we need literacy skills

 become better learners

 To pass state-mandated tests such LET (Licensure Examination for Teachers
 In any job you will perform in your future
ACTIVITY #2: Literacy Skills

1. List down the different jobs that require the different literacy skills seen on
the 8th slide.
2. How does one’s personality is developed by education. Explain
EARLY LITERACY SKILLS
• Letter Knowledge
Understanding that letters are different from each other and knowing letter names and sounds.
TIP: Look for alphabet books and shape books (because letters are built on shapes).
• Narrative Skills
Being able to tell stories and describe things and events.
TIP: Look for books that provide opportunities to have your child explain what is happening in the book and/or infer
meaning from visual cues.
• Phonological Sensitivity
Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds that make up words. Understanding that letters are different
from each other and knowing letter names and sounds.
TIP: Look for books that feature rhyming text, a sing-song rhythm, and/or sound words
like tweet, vroom, kerplunk, boom, or splat.
• Print Awareness
Noticing print everywhere (not just in books), understanding that print has meaning, and knowing how to handle a
book and follow print on a page.
TIP: Look for books with whimsical text or bold, easy-to-identify printed words as well as stories that demonstrate
the organization and sequence of reading a story or list.
• Print Motivation
Being interested in and enjoying books.
TIP: Look for interactive books, books with bright illustrations or photos, and/or very funny or relatable stories.
• Vocabulary
Knowing the names of things.
TIP: Look for books that identify objects and use new and interesting words.
III. The Dynamics of Education,
Culture and Politics
EDUCATION & POLITICS
EDUCATION

Education
 came from Latin words “edecare, educare and educatum” which means “to learn,
to know and to lead out.”

 Therefore, Education means to learn, to know and to lead out the internal hidden
talent or potential of a child/learner. Etymology:
Definitions of EDUCATION

Process of receiving or giving systematic instruction especially at a school or

university.

The delivery of knowledge, skills and information from teachers to students

CONCEPT OF EDUCATION

1. NARROW
 Education is being provided under the premises of schools, colleges and
universities.
 Bookish knowledge

2. BROADER
 Education is universal.
 Long-life process;
 it starts from the cradle and ends to the grave.
POLITICS

 came from the Latin word “Politicus” meaning “anything of the state or belonging
to the state”.
 It is the science of government which has to do with the regulation, protection
and government of a nation or state.
Why do we need to study Politics?
 Politics makes students aware of their rights and respective duties as citizens.
Classes of Rights
• Natural Rights- Right to love; Right to live
•Constitutional Rights – Right to suffrage; Right of Freedom
•Statutory Rights- right to inherit property
 BILL OF RIGHTS
Right to
1. Due process of law 12. Right of person under custodial interrogation.
2. Rights against reasonable search & arrest 13. Right to bail.
3. Privacy of communication & correspondence 14. Due process in criminal offenses.
4. Freedom of speech, expression and press 15. Privilege of writ of habeas corpus.
5. Freedom of religion 16. Right to speedy trial.
6. Liberty of abode and travel 17. Right to political belief.
7. Right of Information. 18. Right against self- incrimination.
8. Right to form unions and associate. 19. Right against excessive fines and
management
9. Power of eminent domain. 20. Non-imprisonment for no- payment of debts
and poll tax.
10. Obligation of contracts 21. Right against double jeopardy.
11. Free access to court. 22. Ex post facto law and bill of attainder
Duties:

1. Loyalty to the Republic of the Philippines

2. Responsible exercise of rights with due regards for the right of others.
3. Defense of the state.
4. Obligation to pay taxes.
5. Obligation to register and vote
ACTIVITY 3: Politics & Education

1. Refer to the bill of rights. Up to what extent will you exercise your different rights. Give instances where you have to
choose one over the other. What theory best describe these rights. Explain.

2. Refer to the duties. How do you manifest/show your personal duties to the country in terms of:
a. Loyalty
b. Exercising your rights
c. Defense of the state
Give at least 3 precise answers each.
Politics is a way of generating a more controlled society
TEACHERS and POLITICIANS:
 Model
 Creative
 Sociable
 Common Goal
“The roots of education are
bitter but the fruit is sweet” -
Aristotle
 3 Major Life Skills
1. learning skills (Critical thinking, creativity,
collaboration,
communication)
2. literacy (information, media, technology)
3. life skills (flexibility, leadership, initiative,
productivity,
social)
ACTIVITY 4: Theories of Learning

Tabulate the 3 major theories according to:

1. Tenets/principles
2. Proponents
3. Examples or key words