El110 e Portfolio - Taborkathleen Jayne Louise E.1
El110 e Portfolio - Taborkathleen Jayne Louise E.1
El110 e Portfolio - Taborkathleen Jayne Louise E.1
INSTRUCTOR
KATHLEEN JAYNE LOUISE E. TABOR
Direction: After reading Mrs. Santos essay, reflect on the following questions: What are some of
the changes in the Philippines society describe by Mrs. Santos? What would be the possible
effects of these changes in 21st century education in the Philippines?
Some of the changes in the Philippine society today, we are adopting many cultures from
different country and people. As our world is being dominated by new and high technologies that
we use for learnings. The possible effects of these changes on 21st century education in the
Philippines was we are able to globally competitive all over the world because we have the
knowledge and we Filipinos are easily to cope or adjust to be fit. Especially this time that we are
facing this pandemic all over the world, it has a big effect and changes because we can’t be able to
do face to face classes but thanks to our modern technologies we’ve survive this pandemic. And up
until now we are using technologies as the medium of instruction. Ofcourse there are positive and
negative effects of being modernized. Positive in a way that it can make our work easily. Negative
effect is that if we are over used it as if we can only depend on it.
KATHLEEN JAYNE LOUISE E. TABOR
MODULE 1
INITIAL TASK
On your own, read the questions and instructions carefully. Write your answers on the space
provided.
I think I’m literate enough base on the given concept of traditional and conventional literacy.
I can communicate with other people through listening and understanding the circumstances
that we have.
I admit that in the level of my comprehension was not enough because I don’t give myself
time to improve.
I don’t have time to read books and most of the time especially todays generation I am too
focus on social medias like facebook, tiktok, youtube, mobile games and other social media
that little did I know affects me.
3. As a pre-service teacher, what kind of written materials should you be able to read and
understand? Are you reading these written materials? How well can you understand them?
4.
As pre-service teacher, I will use google, Microsoft word, pdf, e-books. Yes, it is easy to
understand and it is easier to access because we are in a modern world where technologies
are everywhere. These reading and written materials gives you the options and a lot of
choices of what are you looking for. But these social medias must used wisely. Especially
this pandemic social media are advisable for us to learn.
5. Which of the new literacies are you knowledgeable in? Which of the new
literacies do you lack knowledge in?
They are excellent in technical but lack in creative problem-solving and critical
thinking.
7. Describe the changes in the 21st century that have led to the rise of new literacies.
There’s a lot of changes in 21st Century like being level up in new technologies that
gives us the privilege to make our works a lot easier than usual. And because of
that change, there are three things that has been critical in the ride of the new
literacies like:
1. Increased Reach
• We are communicating with more people, from more
diverse cultures, across vaster distances than ever
before.
FINAL TASK
A. Make an activity that could help students to develop functional literacy. (20
points)
I will adopt the program of our campus and that is the book sharing where in students can
access the reading materials that being uploaded by the students who wants to share their
reading materials. With guidance of our instructor and our library.
B. Make a lesson plan that incorporates some of the new literacies. (30 points)
DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 8
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Topic: Adjectives
B. Reference: https://www.Englishclub.com/grammar/adjective-what.htm
C. Materials: Power point presentation, bond paper, boxes
III. PROCEDURE
A. MOTIVATION
Group Activity
(Posting of Objectives)
B. Unlocking of
difficulties
Choices
• Uneven
• Great
• Charming
• Ancient
• Cruel
C. Lesson Proper
Adjective
Adjective(noun) a part of
speech that modifies or
describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives is one of the Nine
parts of speech.
Adjectives is a word that tells
us more about a noun. It
“describes” or modifies a
noun. (The Big dog was
hungry). In these example the
adjective is big and the noun
that it modifies is hungry.
My car is antique.
The sky became dark.
His story seemed interesting
Adjective form
Sometimes adjectives have
particular endings, for
example:
-able/-ible: washable/credible
-ish/-like: childish/childlike
-ful/-less: careful/careless
-ous: dangerous
-y: dirty,
For example:
D. Generalization
he
How about adjective form? Adjective form sometimes has
particular endings ma’am.
E. APPLICATION
Activity 1
Choose the Superlative
Adjective of each group of
sentences.
1. b.
a. I like dark coffee
b. This is the fastest car I’ve
ever driven
c. I’d like darker curtains
2. c.
a. choosing books rather than
toys is a good choice
b. meet Chloe, my younger
sister
c. of all the options available,
this seems to be the best one.
3. b.
a. This is a better cake from
the last one.
b. This is the most
unforgettable thing I’ve ever
experienced.
c. The box was blue, and oddly
shaped.
7.
a. This is longer than the last A
one
b. This is probably the longest
one I’ve seen.
c. This is a long list
8.
a. stop acting so weird B
b. you’re acting weirder than
ever
c. you’re acting weirdest
person in the class
9.
a. you are brave C
b. you are braver than I
thought
c. you are the bravest among
them
IV. ASSESSMENT
AND
EVALUATION
9. I’ve been shopping for the I’ve been shopping for the
perfect (Japanese, sushi, long) perfect long Japanese sushi
chopsticks. chopsticks.
V. ASSIGNMENT
MY ANALYSIS
1.What is globalization and its effect to economic condition and cultural practices
in the Philippines?
- Globalization and its effect to economic condition and cultural practices in the
Philippines is through globalization it gives way to every nation to have
communication and interaction that helps the country to be known in terms of their
cultures, tradition, beliefs and their language. And the effects of cultural practices in
the Philippines was we are now dominated by American cultures for example is their
food like burgers, fries, soda, and the way of their clothing for example is before we
use Filipiniana dresses and we are so conservative but through globalization we are
now adopting other cultures and we are now being modernized and being liberated.
Also Korean foods are trend in our country nowadays and their K-drama movies that
we are no longer watching our own movies or dramas.
- They are being discriminated the way they speak and they are being discriminated by
their dialect and accent. In this scenario they are also judge by their status in life which is
not being fair for everyone which experience this scenario. Its hard that here in the
Philippines they tend to judge and make fun of people instead of correcting and helping
them for not being criticized by others. That is one of the main problem of our society
that needs extra attention and need a solution.
MY REFLECTIONS
1. Why should you as an individual respect and value people who are different
from you? Give at least 50 words for your answer.
- First, respect begets respect. And I do believe in the saying “what you
sow, is what you reap” meaning if you want the same equal treatment
from others learn to show respect first. Valuing other people that is
different from you has a big impact to them because they will also learn
to value their selves because they will realize that there are people who is
still accepts their flaws. Each of us were different and nobody is perfect.
Let us accept everyone’s differences and let us improve our weakness
and make it as our strength. Every one of us can make the world a better
place.
INTEGRATING THEORY AND PRACTICE
1. Interview a student in your locality who are part of the cultural minority.
They could be foreigners or fellow Filipinos who belong to a different ethno
linguistic group. Ask them about their culture, their difficulties in adjusting to
the mainstream culture, and how students like you can help them.
THEORY AND PRACTICE
INTERVIEW GUIDE (FORM 2)
Name of Student: Vanessa Mae Fang
Type of Minority: Half Chinese, Half-Filipino
Age: 17 years old
Address: Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines
Grade Level: Grade 11
Name of Parents:
Father: James Fang
Mother: Joana Fang
Parents Source of Income: Fabrics
Number of Siblings: 1
Cultures and Beliefs/Practices: Feng shui, Chinese New Year, lucky charms and bad
luck
Bad Experience Encountered in school/Community: bullying during primary days
KATHLEEN JAYNE LOUISE E. TABOR
A. Internet-based
B. Blended Learning
C. Modular Approach
D. Face-to-face meeting
2. The new breed of teachers takes advantage of technology that enables them to
understand, integrate, create, communicate, and compute printed and written
materials. Which best describes the 21st Century teacher?
A. Multiliterate
B. Multispecialist
C. Multiskilled
D. Multitasked
a. critical thinking
b. creativity
c. communication
d. connectivity
4. Who advocates that basic education should give emphasis on reading, writing and
arithmetic?
5. 27. If you employ song analysis as a teaching strategy and you would like to look for
an old time folk music, which media tool will you utilize?
A. Spotify
B. Podcast
C. Compact Disk
6. What skill shows ability to reason effectively, use systems thinking, make judgments
and decisions, and solve problems?
A. Collaboration C. Communication
B. Life and Career Skills D. All are important as they are interconnected.
8. Who among the teachers below does not demonstrate the integration of new
literacies in education? A. Miss Lopez prepares her lesson using Prize and PowerPoint
presentation.
B. Miss Rosales uploads and downloads research online journal to share new
discoveries and body of knowledge.
C. Miss Balolong embeds the rich culture of indigenous people residing in their
locale into educational brochure and blog.
9. Lessons were uploaded to Google classroom that the learners could access using the
ID and passcode given by the teacher.
B. This refers to the access of learners to multi-media channels to improve their digital
literacy.
C. This is the capacity of the learners to interpret the data presented offline or online
and their ability to use the available technological infrastructure.
D. The learners are able to express their thoughts and opinion the social media
platform intelligently.
11. Which of the following skills should be required of children and youth to master the
greatest challenges regardless of national origin or cultural upbringing?
B. Psychomotor skills
12. To enable learners to respond to the demands of the present world, which should
schools do?
13. What does the statement "with the advent of Information and Communication
Technology, learning has become borderless" mean?
D. The use of internet, modern laptops, tablet, i-phones and other gadgets has
borders.
14. Which of the following skills should be required of children and youth to master the
greatest challenges regardless of national origin or cultural upbringing?
B. Psychomotor skills
A. It affects all countries, some are favorably than the others in terms of economic
growth, national sovereignty, and cultural identity.
B. It seeks to explain the integration of economies and societies around the world as
they are knit together by travel, language, values and ideas, trade, labor and
financial flows, communication and technology.
C. It is one of the most dominant forces facing education in the 21st century.
D. as advanced by the ASEAN Heads of States it has three district pillars: economic,
socio-cultural, and political community.
17. What skill demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse
teams , exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary
compromises to accomplish a common goal, and assume shared responsibility for
group work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member? A.
Creativity
B. Critical Thinking
C. Communication
D. Collaboration
18. What skill exhibits ability to articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral,
written, and non-verbal skills and to listen effectively to decipher meaning, including
knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions?
A. Collaboration
B. Critical Thinking
C. Communication
D. Creativity
19. What is NOT true about the assessment of 21st century skills?
D. Students must be able to read and write effectively for various purposes.
21. Miss Sanchez engaged her learners in activities where they develop critical
thinking, problem solving skills, creativity, and risk taking. Which of these 21st century
skills does Miss Sanchez possess?
A. Communication Skills
B. The ability to correspond visual shapes to spoken sounds in order to decode written
materials and translate them into oral language.
23. Teaching that purposely puts on emphasis on clearing up myths and stereotypes
associated with gender and with different races and ethnic groups is known as
A. Instrumental literacy
B. Instrumental culture
C. Expressive literacy
D. Expressive culture
25. Teaching that purposely puts on emphasis on clearing up myths and stereotypes
associated with gender and with different races and ethnic groups is known as
26. To avoid risks and consequences brought about by technology in the use of social
media, which ethical principle is the most important and which encompasses other
principles?
27. If you employ song analysis as a teaching strategy and you would like to look for an
old time folk music, which media tool will you utilize?
A. Spotify
B. Podcast
C. Compact Disk
28.Which form of media is becoming popular and practical because of the interest it
brings to the public while generating income from the obtained number of views on
the videos uploaded online?
A. Twitter
B. LinkedIn
C. YouTube
D. Instagram
B. Plan for a field trip to City Jail to reflect on the consequences of bullying.
30. When you receive a suspicious e-mail asking you to withdraw big amount from a
prestigious bank upon winning the grand prize in an automated raffle draw, which you
know you have not participated in, what would be your first and immediate move?
B. Take the e-mail and verify it to the concerned bank and relevant agencies.
C. Contact the owner of the e-mail and ask him to discuss with you the content of the
message.
D. Take the e-mail and transact immediately the given message, there's no harm in
trying, anyway.
31. Which is the most recommended mode of instructional delivery today that
addresses gaps on distance to increase learning opportunities?
A. Internet-based
B. Blended Learning
C. Modular Approach
D. Face-to-face meeting
32. The following are the critical attributes of 21st century education except for one.
B. Global classrooms
D. Environmental Concerns
33. Which of the following is not included in the 21st century literacies?
A. Media Literacy
B. Financial Literacy
C. Ecoliteracy
D. Support System
34. The ability to identify, understands, interpret, create, communicate and compute,
using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts is called
____________.
A. Literacy
B. Literary
C. Skill
D. Insight
35. These are made by the curriculum experts with the participation of teachers
intended for instruction except one.
a. course study
b. syllabi
c. module
d. gift
Answer:
3. Global Classrooms
46-50. Give at least five 21st century skills to be developed by the students
Answer:
1. Critical thinking
2. Creativity
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Information literacy
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
II. IDENTIFICATION. Choose the letter of the correct answer from the
choices then write it on the space before the number.
III. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Identify the correct letter of the answer to the following.
Write it on the space before the number.
IV. ESSAY. Answer each questions briefly based on your objective insight and critical
thinking.
1. Why should parents monitor what Internet sites their children visit?
Parents should monitor what internet sites their children visit because false information,
porn sites, violence, scams and others are widely spread in the internet. Parents need to guide
their child to avoid cyber bullying and crimes. Parents should monitor their child's internet
use because the internet is filled with unfiltered potential for kids to be exposed to harmful
interactions like bullying and harassment, as well as inappropriate content.
2. What information do you frequently access from the Internet? Why? Give at least
three reasons.
3. What would be your reaction if the government will control how the media will
transmit information to its audience or users?
I think it will be fine for me in order to control the spread of fake news, crime, scams and
cyber bullying however I’m also worried about bias news and articles. They might probably
use it for personal things and might use it to control and limit the freedom of expression of
civilians. There might be a possibility of fabrication of information.
4. Despite the differences of the three kinds of literacy, all of them are after a common
goal. What do you think it is? Why?
Media Literacy, Technology Literacy and Information Literacy are all common things that
help people to understand and help people to survive. All these are necessary in everyday
living in this modern day. Their common goal is to help individuals of all ages develop the
habits of inquiry and skills of expression that they need to be critical thinkers, effective
communicators and active citizens in today's world.
ANSWERS ONLY
1.False
2.True
3.C
4.D
5.C
6.True
7.C
8.False
9. B
10.B
11.True
12.C
13.B
14.True
15.C
16.B
17.B
18.D
19.False
20.True
21.False
22.D
23.B
24.A
25.A
26.B
27.True
28.True
29.C
30.True
31.B
32.C
33.False
34.True
35.D
36.B
37.B
38.B
39.False
40.A
41.D
42.A
43.False
44.D
45.D
46.C
47.True
48.B
49.False
50.D
1. Critical thinking
2. Creativity
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Information literacy
6. Media literacy
7. Technology literacy
8. Flexibility
9. Leadership
10. Initiative
11. Productivity
12. Social skills
These skills are intended to help students keep up with the lightning-pace of today’s
modern markets. Each skill is unique in how it helps students, but they all have one
quality in common. They’re essential in the age of the Internet.
1. Learning skills
2. Literacy skills
3. Life skills
Learning skills (the four C’s) teaches students about the mental processes required
to adapt and improve upon a modern work environment.
Literacy skills (IMT) focuses on how students can discern facts, publishing outlets,
and the technology behind them. There’s a strong focus on determining trustworthy
sources and factual information to separate it from the misinformation that floods the
Internet.
Life skills (FLIPS) take a look at intangible elements of a student’s everyday life.
These intangibles focus on both personal and professional qualities.
Altogether, these categories cover all 12 21st Century skills that contribute to a
student’s future career.
More educators know about these skills because they’re universal needs for any
They’re sometimes called IMT skills, and they’re each concerned with a different
element in digital comprehension.
Technology literacy gives students the basic information they need to understand
what gadgets perform what tasks and why. This understanding removes the
intimidating feeling that technology tends to have. After all, if you don’t understand
how the technology works, it might as well be magic. But technology literacy unmasks
the high-powered tools that run today’s world. As a result, students can adapt to the
world more effectively. They can play an important role in its evolution.
Category 3. Life Skills (FLIPS)
Life skills is the final category. Also called FLIPS, these skills all pertain to
someone’s personal life, but they also bleed into professional settings.
Leadership is someone’s penchant for setting goals, walking a team through the
steps required, and achieving those goals collaboratively.
Along with initiative, 21st Century skills require students to learn about productivity.
That’s a student’s ability to complete work in an appropriate amount of time. By
understanding productivity strategies at every level, students discover the ways in
which they work best while gaining an appreciation for how others work as well. That
equips them with the practical means to carry out the ideas they determine through
flexibility, leadership, and initiative.
Still, there’s one last skill that ties all other 21st Century skills together.
This concept of networking is more active in some industries than others, but proper
social skills are excellent tools for forging long-lasting relationships. While these may
have been implied in past generations, the rise of social media and instant
communications have changed the nature of human interaction. As a result, today’s
students possess a wide range of social skills
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Essay Prompt 2:
In at least three to four paragraphs, write an essay that explains the reading strategy of
synthesizing and why it is so complex.
Example: Synthesizing occurs throughout the whole time the student is reading a story or book.
Presentation Prompt:
Pretend that you are a teacher at a literacy strategies conference. Make a PowerPoint or Prezi
presentation that guides fellow educators through how to teach reading strategies throughout a
school year using Reader's Workshop.
Example: Modeling is an important way to show students how to utilize reading strategies.
BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES
ACROSS CURRICULUM
Module 1. Introduction to
21st Century
Literacies Lesson 1.
Traditional or
Conventional Literacy
Lesson 2. Expanded Views
Unit 1 of Literacy
Lesson 3. Literacy in the
21st Century
MODULE I
BUILDING AND ENHANCING
Module I
NEW LITERACIES ACROSS CURRICULUM
INTRODUCTION
Module 1 explores several definition of literacy and what being literate
means in the multiplicity of contexts in the 21st century, with the goal of
raising awareness in readers who might be presently unaware of the evolving
perspective on literacy. It also gives them the opportunity to pause and reflect
on their own literacies even as they attempt to teach the new literacies to their
students.
OBJECTIVES
After studying the module, you should be able to develop a clear and
practical understanding of the following:
1. definitions of conventional; and
2. expanded views of literacy in the 21st century.
Module I
Discussion
Literacy is defined by dictionaries as the state of being able to read
and
write.
Although it is the ultimate thesis of this chapter that such a traditional definition
no longer suffices in the information age, a thorough understanding of literacy and its
past nuances will give us a solid foundation in exploring and discussing the “new”
literacies of the 21 st century and why possessing them is now mandatory for both
teachers and students in all levels of education.
The word “literacy” stems from the word “literate”, which first appeared in the
15th century and is in turn derived from the Latin word litteratus, meaning “(a person)
marked with letters” — that is, “distinguished or identified by letters” — and it carried
with it the idea that such a person was cultured and educated.
Since the subjects of the time (e.g., grammar, logic, arithmetic, geometry, etc.)
all had written texts (which were composed of letters) that had to be studied, the ability
to read and write was therefore of prime importance, leading to the strong association
of being “literate” with the ability to read and write.
Miles (1973) divides this conventional concept of literacy into three categories:
1. Basic
Literacy • Ability to correspond visual shapes to spoken
sounds in order to decode written
materials and translate them into oral
language.
• Ability correspond letters and words.
2. Comprehension Literacy
• Ability to understand the meaning of what
is being read.
Based on this conventional view of literacy, we notice two things for reading
(and therefore literacy) to exist: (1) a text (consisting of symbols and grammar) to be
read; and (2) a meaning or message being communicated by the text for the reader to
extract. Without a text, there would be nothing to read; without meaning, the text is
reduced to series of incomprehensible doodles.
It should therefore be noted that even in Miller’s definition of literacy, the act
Module I
of reading implies a level of understanding. Simply knowing how to say a word (or a
series of words) is not the same as being able to understand that it means. Without
understanding of the meaning of the words, reading has not taken place. Based on
Module I
this, Schlechty (2001) defines concept of functional illiteracy as the state of being able
to read, but not well enough to manage daily living and employment tasks that require
reading skills beyond a basic level.
As the rest of this chapter will argue, this synchronicity between decoding
textual symbols and being able to extract and understand their meaning is a necessary
part of being literate, even as the new contexts of the 21st century change the nature of
what the “text” is, and what it means to “read and write.”
Despite the ubiquity of the traditional view of literacy, Roberts (1995) notes that
“in the past fifty years, hundreds of definition of ‘literacy’ have been advanced by
scholars, adult literacy workers, and programme planners,” with even the United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, 2006)
acknowledging that literacy as a concept has proven to be complex and dynamic, it
being continually defined and interpreted in multiple ways.
Module I
Note that “reading” does not appear in UNESCO’s definition of literacy.
Instead, literacy has taken on a definition more akin to “knowing about something and
what to do with it.”
In the same vein of reasoning, the new literacies are not “new” per se— as in
the sense that they never existed before. Rather, we consider them to be new because
the contexts in which old skills and knowledge are being employed are new, both in
nature and in scope, The ability to translate textual information into images is not a new
skill, but it is the ability to do so in a way that is concise, complete, and clear that is
certainly new, given that it will be how ninety percent of the population will be
informed on the issue. Similarly, being able to verify the truth-value and veracity of a
documents is not a new skill— but being able to do so when there are a hundred similar
documents available to you online.
Module I
communication system of smoke signals used by the ancient Chinese, the ancient
Greeks, and the indigenous people of North America.
In the Victorian era, there was such a thing as the “Language of Flowers,” where
the kind, color, and arrangement of a bouquet of flowers were used to communicate
messages that could not otherwise be spoken aloud in Victorian society (Greenaway,
1884). For example, a bouquet of oak leaves (representing strength), purple roses
(sorrow), white lilies (resurrection), and pale yellow tulips and rosemary (memory or
remembrance) would altogether communicate a message of sympathy, usually over the
death of a loved one.
Another difference involves the questions of necessity: One did not need to be
literate in the language flowers to live a fruitful and fulfilled life in Victorian-era
England, but to be not media or digitally literate in the 21st century makes one
vulnerable to manipulation by those who are, and such manipulation can easily cost an
individual time, money, property, and even life.
Simply put, three things have been critical in the rise of the new literacies:
1. Increased Reach
• We are communicating with more people, from
more diverse cultures, across vaster distances than
ever before.
Answering such complex questions requires new sets of skills and knowledge—
ones that our school system have never had to teach before. With these changes in with
whom, how, and why we communicate, new literacies are required not only to make
sense of the changes, but also to use these new technologies and paradigms in
meaningful and productive ways— something required not only of students, but of
teachers as well.
To better address the need for teachers to be literate in these new literacies this
book discusses and explores them in the ensuing chapters, namely:
Module I
• It explores the emerging demands for knowing
how to effectively and sustainably manage
the natural resources that our
increased industrialization and demands
for productivity are so rapidly eating up. The
chapter also explores how this increase in
productivity also brings with it an increased
demand for arts and aesthetics and the
Critical Literacy
need to develop ways of effectively
communicating through the creative arts in
industries dominated by objective data.
INITIAL TASK
On your own, read the questions and instructions carefully. Write your answers on the
space provided.
Module I
Module I
4. Which of the new literacies are you knowledgeable in? Which of the
new literacies do you lack knowledge in?
6. Describe the changes in the 21 st century that have led to the rise of
new literacies.
FINAL TASK
A. Make an activity that could help students to develop functional
literacy. (20 points)
Module I
WRAP UP
This chapter introduces you to the various concepts of the 21 st
century literacies. We have also discussed the traditional or
conventional notion of literacy which can be divided into sub-
categories, namely basic literacy, comprehension literacy, and
functional/practical literacy.
New literacies have risen due to increased reach, increased means
of communication, and increased breadth of content.
Module I
literacy, social and financial literacy, media and cyber/digital literacy,
eco-literacy, arts, and creativity literacy, and critical literacy.
Module Two
Globalization and Cultural and Multicultural
Literacies
This section discusses the concept of globalization and its effect to multi-
dimensional level of society. Cultural and multicultural literacy discriminations and some
challenges in teaching and learning approaches brought by the present digital world are
part of the lesson.
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Economic Dependence / Interdependence
When the term globalization entered the Philippine public mindset in the early
90s, it was popularly understood to be a mainly economic phenomenon, and negative
one at that. The idea that foreign-owned business could come into the country and freely
“setup shop,” thereby choking-out local industries was not a welcome thought, even
though it was erroneous.
While Philippine society has come to realize that this early perspective
represented a shallow understanding of globalization, the fact of the matter is that
globalization has brought economic development to our society as a whole. By
attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), new technologies, employment
opportunities, and Money have come into the country. The phenomenon of a taxi driver
owning multiple smartphones to browse social media while stuck in traffic because of
the rise of the number of vehicles on our roads is testament to this fact.
This does not mean, however, that there have been no negative effects of
globalization. Kentor (2001) notes that foreign capital dependence increases
income inequality in four ways: (1) it creates a small, highly paid class of elites to
manage these investments, who create many but usually low-pay jobs; (2) Profits from
these
investments are repatriated, rather than invested in the host country, therefore inhibiting
domestic capital formation; (3) foreign capital penetration tends to concentrate land
ownership among the very rich; and (4) Host countries tend to create political and
economic climates favourable to foreign capital that in turn limit domestic labor’s
ability to obtain better wages. In simple words, “ the rich become a richer, and the poor
become poorer.”
Hout (1980) observes that international dependence (another word for
globalization) tends to suppress adult wages, which in turn perpetuates the role of
children as economic necessities (the familiar saying “ kapag maraming anak,
maraming katulong sa hanap buhay”), leading to explosive population Coupled with the
economic inequalities in which this society is couched, this encourages political
instability, resulting in policies that favor the redistribution of income, which in turn
discourages investment, which then slow economic growth.
A survey conducted in late 2018 found that three in five Filipinos believe that
the United States would intervene on behalf of the country in case of war (Viray, 2018).
Despite the current very conservative stance of the US on its foreign policies, this can
be taken as evidence of the Philippines’ dependence on both the political and military
power of the US in order to maintain its sovereignty as a nation-state in the Southeast
Asia region. Similar things can be said of Russia and the many communist nations
throughout the world.
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The point is that where there are some forms of economic dependence/
interdependence, political dependence/interdependence is not far behind, as the
participating nations strive to protect their investments and interests in one another.
Expressive culture, as the term suggests, deals with how a particular culture
expresses itself in its language, music, arts, and the like. Globalization encourages the
monetization of these cultural artifacts and their import/export among participating
cultures: the increased consumption of which changes the consuming culture. Case in
point, KPOP music and culture was a relatively niche occupation ten years ago, with
very few people aware of its existence, let alone actual fans. Today it is practically
ubiquitous in Philippine society, alongside the consumption of all things Korean, from
skin-care products to instant noodles.
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Expanded Flow of People among societies
Political expulsion, on the other hand, has more to do with trying to escape the
political climate of a particular country, thereby forcing an individual to seek asylum
(and ultimately, resettlement) in another more favourable country.
Travel for the sake of leisure (i.e., tourism) is a strong indicator of economic
development as more and more Filipinos are able to finance short-term travels abroad.
Fuelled by curiosity that is fed by social media and enabled by globalization.
Cultural Literacy
There are far too many cultures for any one person to be literate in all of them.
As more and more Filipinos travel-both domestically and abroad – as the result of
globalization and the increased opportunities it brings, the need to develop new cultural
literacies comes to the fore.
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Cultural Literacy in the Philippines
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the government
body tasked with the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of Philippine
culture, both locally and abroad. Part of how the NCCA is addressing this and related
matters is through the establishment of the Philippine Cultural Education Program
(PCEP), which “envisions a nation of culturally literate and empowered Filipinos”
(NCCA, 2015). Designed to make cultural education accessible to all sectors of
Philippine society, the PCEP held national consultative meetings, conferences,
workshops, art camps, and festivals on culture-based teaching and good governance
from 2003 to 2007. As a result of Republic Act 10066 (2010), PCEP has been
designated as the body, together with the Department of Education (DepEd), tasked to
“formulate the cultural heritage education programs both for local overseas Filipinos”
that are to be an integral part of Philippine education in all its aspects.
The average reader will be hard-pressed to pin down a definite answer. De Leon
(2011) argues that this is in part due to a colonial mindset among Filipino artists that
inhibits the full
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development and realization of Filipino artistic creativity – a kind of artistic and cultural
creativity that is fully Filipino.
De Leon (2011) coins this propensity for Filipinos to look at their culture and
themselves through Western lenses as the Doña Victorina Syndrome, a kind of
inferiority complex wherein anything and everything negatively Filipino is considered
by the Filipinos themselves as being inferior, backward, and worthless in comparison
to their Western counterparts, and therefore a source of embarrassment and unease. As
De Leon puts it, our low self-esteem borders on self- contempt, the results of which are
doubt in the Filipino capacity for achievement, perverse delight in belittling ourselves,
lack of respect and even outright contempt for one another, and blind dependence on
foreign goods, concepts, techniques, approaches, and expertise (2011). The biggest
challenge then, according to him, is the deconstruction of the negative self-images and
notions of ourselves that we have imbibed over generations through “a workable,
effective program of education that can make Filipinos more responsive and sensitive
to Filipino dignity, needs, values, and cultural potentials and assets.”
For De Leon, it is excellence in the arts – via an expression that is truly Filipino
– that can form the core of national unity. Of course, this remains to be seen.
Multicultural Literacy
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conflicts, preferably before they even begin. This has come to be understood as
multicultural literacy.
Multicultural Literacy as a set of skills and Knowledge is difficult to define
because of how it changes depending on the contexts in which it is discussed. For
example, multicultural literacy as defined in American literature is different from how
it is deployed it is deployed in a more European context.
We define multicultural literacy here as the knowledge and skills necessary to
ensure that any communication with a culture different from our own is clear,
productive, and respectful such that their differences are celebrated and neither culture
is demeaned or treated as inferior.
It is important to realize that under this definition, a “different culture” is not
just limited to “someone from another country,” but could also include someone whose
gender, economic background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or even sense of
fashion is different from our own.
The skills and knowledge required for one to be multi-culturally literate are not
mere language skills, since it is assumed that some medium of communication already
exists between two cultures. Rather, true multicultural literacy consists of perspectives,
attitudes, and beliefs about other cultures that affect the manner in which we
communicate and the motives behind our communication. Here are some examples:
1. Be selfless- an attitude of selflessness – one that is less concerned with how I feel
and more concerned with how I am making others feel – is crucial to
multicultural literacy, as so much of the offense and conflict associated with the
meeting of different cultures is the result of a “me first” attitude: / should be
accommodated, you should be the one to adjust
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to me, I should feel comfortable with you before I make efforts to make you feel comfortable, etc.
Such selflessness is not instinctive to people, and is especially difficult when
one feels insecure of oneself and identity.
2. Know that good and useful things can (and do) come from those different from
us- hand-in-hand with a dismissive attitude toward another culture is the idea
that nothing good can come from them. Furthermore, there is a tendency to
ignore or outright dismiss evidence to the contrary. Simply acknowledging that
good ideas and products have come from cultures we might not like goes a
long way in preparing our minds to perceive them as being equally valuable.
3. Be willing to compromise – Any significant interaction with someone from
different culture is governed by the principle of “He/she wants something, and I
want something.” In other words, cultures do not interact out of pure
magnanimity. If both of you are willing to give the other what they want, well
and good. But what happens when one or both are unwilling to give what the
other wants? There must be a compromise: a reciprocal adjustment of demands
and expectations to accommodate what the other party is willing to give.
4. Accept that there are limits- At some point however, one or both cultures will be
unwilling/unable to adjust their wants for the sake of the other any further.
Beyond this point, the productivity of the interaction drops and one must either
change the purpose of the interaction walk away, accepting that what you
want cannot be had from that particular source. Attempting to force the other
party to adjust (when you refuse to do the same) only results in
misunderstanding, hurt, and conflict. The sooner we accept this, the sooner we
can set realistic expectations of one another.
When all is said and done, the hearth of multicultural literacy is peace among
different cultures – that is, productive and non-violent interaction. It is easy to assume
that all cultures value peace to the same degree and are therefore willing to make the
same compromises In order to attain it, but this is not necessarily true.
Take for example the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, which is really a conflict over
territory: Both sides desire peace, but they do not desire it enough to be willing to
compromise. In a very real sense, both sides would rather live in perpetual conflict with
one another rather than give-up their claim to the land which each side believes is
rightfully theirs.
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Nationalistic and Regionalistic Pushback
The increasing demand for multicultural sensitivity, inclusion, and divert in the
recent years has also given rise to resistance from groups who believe that their identity
is being “watered- down” by the needed compromises.
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being able to put aside differences for the sake of a common goal, but notice how for
the Ilokanos, national unity (as far as language is concerned) is not worth the cost of
givingup their ability to determine the orthography of their language for themselves.
We see here that while multicultural inclusiveness is by and large a good thing,
it comes at a cost. Part of the Identity of the host culture becomes diluted and lost – the
inevitable result of the compromises necessary for it to have some form of
multicultural understanding. In effect,
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pushing for multicultural inclusion might very well be asking some cultures to decide which has
more value: Inclusion or Identity?
We must be aware that these questions are easier to answer for the culture that
wants to be accommodated (because it will cost them nothing), rather than the one that
must do the accommodating.
Bouttle (2008) suggests that issues of discrimination in all its forms (racial,
religious, tribal, cultural, etc.) are really issues of hatred, which she defines in an
educational setting as “the lack of compassion and lack of respect for the rights of
others,” and that such hatred must be fought and its roots must be attacked, because for
as long as hatred exists in the human mind, real peace will be impossible (Vreeland,
2001).
If this is true, then it leads to some interesting question: for one, what is the root
of this hatred? Boutte (2008) suggests that, at least in an educational context, such hate
is often unintentional, but is usually the result of a lack of education. Now if a lack of
education is to blame, then a lack of education in what, exactly? Is it awareness of the
existence of those different from us? Is it awareness that those different from us are
worthy of respect?
The former is unlikely: Thanks to the Internet; we are very much aware of the
existence of people and cultures that are fundamentally different from us, yet this has
done nothing to mitigate the hatred that Boutte speaks of. The latter question is more
promising, but presumes that something exists in all individuals – regardless of color,
language, religion, education, social status, etc. – that is worthy of respect. If this is
true, what is this something? How do you teach it?
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A majority of research on multicultural literacy stems from the West,
specifically the United States, and focuses on teaching teachers to be more
multicultural in their pedagogies.
• Learn about other cultures. Banks (1991a) posits that the first step to teaching
multiculturalism is knowing about cultures that are not your own. It follows that if
you. the teacher, know only your own culture, then you will be unable to teach
your students to appreciate a culture that is different from your own.
• Familiarize yourself with how discrimination and prejudice appear in your own
culture. Boutte (2008) and Banks (1991b) agree that teachers must be able to
identify and confront patterns of discriminations and prejudice on their own lives
before they can teach their students to do the same. For example, when
someone you just met says he or she is from Mindanao, what words immediately
come out of your mouth in response? Do they express genuine acceptance, or
do they betray some long-held preconceptions about people from the region?
• As you are, so will you behave. Key to genuine multicultural literacy is core
values – that is, what you, the teacher, really believe about people who are
different from you; not the kind of belief that you can just say you possess when
taking to your class, but the kind that determines your behaviour when you think
no one is watching.
Simply put, if you do not truly believe that those who are different have value
equal to your own, it will show, and your students will detect it. It will be seen in the
words you use, in the
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expression on your face, in the change of you behaviour when you think no one can
see, etc. the converse is also true: if you do believe others have value equal to your
own, no matter their social class, educational background, skin color, or regional
accent, it will show; and what is shown is that students will learn.
• Model more, tell more. Young students, by nature, will have difficulty in
exercising emphaty toward those who are different from them. The ability is
there, but it will naturally lack practice. It is therefore not enough that teachers
tell them to be more compassionate – you, the teacher, must model for them
what empathy and compassion for others look like on a day-to-day basis.
• Globalization is the process of interaction and integration between people,
business entities, governments, and cultures from other nations, driver by
international trade and investment and supported by information technology.
• Cultural Literacy is the knowledge and understanding of the life of a culture to
the point where one can fluently participate in the activities of the said culture.
This includes, but is not limited to, languages, traditions, values, beliefs, forms of
entertainment, and worldviews.
• Multicultural Literacy is the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that any
communication with a culture different from our own is clear productive, and
respectful such that their differences are celebrated and neither culture is
demeaned or treated as inferior.
• Skills and knowledge required to be multi-culturally literature are:
1. Selflessness;
2. Knowledge that good and useful things can (and do) come from those
different from us;
3. Willingness to compromise;
4. Acceptance that there are limits; and
5. Idea that we cannot be friends with everyone.
• The issues in teaching and learning multicultural literacy in the Philippines are
the nationalistic/regionalistic pushback, the persistence of the problem, and
the question of value.
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Discuss each statement with a minimum of 50
words:
1. What is globalization and its effect to economic condition and cultural
practices in the Philippines?
2. Consider regional discrimination in the Philippines: If a woman speaks
Cebuano or Bisaya in Manila, she is often assumed to be a maid or yaya; if a
man speaks Tagalog with a heavy, provincial accent, he is often assumed to
be a laborer, driver, or involved in some form of manual or servile labor. What
are discriminatory practices you’ve observed in this scenario?
1. Why should you as an individual respect and value people who are different
from you? Give at least 50 words for your answer.
1. Interview a student in your locality who are part of the cultural minority.
They could be foreigners or fellow Filipinos who belong to a different ethno
linguistic group. Ask them about their culture, their difficulties in adjusting
to the mainstream culture, and how students like you can help them.
1. Elen Joy Alata and Eigen John T. Ignacio,(2019).Building and Enhancing New Literacies
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al+a nd+mul
ticultural+literacies&aqs=chrome..69i57.18835j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 cross
the Curriculum. REX Book Store. Manila, Philippines
3. https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/studysmart/home/cultural_literacy/why_is_cultur
al_lit eracy_i mportant
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