Building Literacies UNIT 1

The following are categories of the 21st century skills, except:

• Learning skills

• Literacy skills

• Practical skills

• Life skills

In the discussion of literacy, modern literacy involves the ability to be competent in a specific discipline and in information management.

• True

• False

The qualities and traits for everyday life that a learner needs to develop does not include:

• Initiative

• Flexibility

• Productivity

• Creativity

Which of the following skills are best to enhance for productivity involving other people?

• Critical thinking and communication

• Critical thinking and collaboration

• Creativity and collaboration

• Collaboration and communication

When we want the insight of the students to develop, our literacy activities should involve enhancement of which skills?

• Critical thinking and creativity

• Critical thinking and communication

• Creativity and collaboration

• Creativity and communication

Media literacy and technology literacy are the same.

• True

• False

When we want learners to become self-directed, which of the following skills should be enhanced in our classroom activities?

• Flexibility

• Initiative

• Collaboration

• Productivity

In order to become more proficient in the 21st century literacies, the teacher should ensure that learners have acquired adequate basic literacies.

• True

• False

Which of the following literacies promote respect for one another and the understanding that we are all interconnected?

• Global and multicultural literacy

• Media and digital literacies

• Global and social literacies

• Social and media literacies

Which 21st century literacy subsumes the development of the 4Cs?

• Social literacy

• Media literacy

• Global literacy

• Science literacy