Building and enhancing new literacies across the curriculum / Elmer De Leon

Includes bibliographical references.

Module 1: 21st Century Education 1 -- Module 2: 21st Century Skill Categories 19 -- Module 3: New Literacies, Functional Literacy and Multiliteracy 39 -- Module 4: Integrating New Literacies in the Curriculum 56 -- Module 5: Multicultural and Global Literacy 71 -- Module 6: Social Literacy 88 -- Module 7: Media Literacy 105 -- Module: 8 Financial Literacy 119 -- Module 9: Digital/Cyber Literacy 139 -- Module 10: Ecoliteracy 161 -- Module 11: Arts and Creative Literacy 179 -- Culminating Activities -- General Assessment of Learning Outcomes 194.

Amidst emerging technologies in this 21st Century era, a digitalized world, teachers are continuously confronted with challenges and complexities in addressing the needs of today's learners named millennials, Generation Z, digital natives, etc. The textbook is practical in nature towards lifelong learning. It focuses on literacy enhancement with an outcome-based approach in a global context. Reflective analysis of every concept, reality-based interpretations, practical samples, techniques and advice from professional experts and specialist in various fields will enlighten every pre-service teacher. The new literacy skills are utilized in processing lesson plans, curriculum development, test construction, digital tool production, thematic activity/program design, community-based service learning and environmental protection initiatives, policy making, research survey, project-making and instructional material preparation.