The Third Millennium Challenges To The Knowledge Builders of The Asia Pacific Region in 21st Century

The Third Millennium Challenges to the knowledge telecommunications, the World Wide Web or
Builders of the Asia Pacific Region in 21st Century trade and commerce.
 Asia Pacific is now a major are for market
I. Introduction
expansion. Within the region, recent shifts
The knowledge builder of tomorrow has two from centrally planned economies to those
layered responsibility of building a technology driven driven by free market forces that has
human infrastructure in an environment of excellence, prompted the developments of the transitional
enriched by individual and community values nurtured market economies label.
through centuries in a manner at a proportion that is
Note: technology again, has made an impetus
synchronized with the learner’s socio-cultural
that enabled these changes.
orientation
B. The Information Society
Emerging realities that are rapidly making an impact on
educational scenario: Points to ponder:
1. The learning continuum is fast becoming 1. Globalization, through accelerated and
borderless, embracing a lifelong dimension, magnified technological development, is by
with an unprecedented pace of knowledge itself emergent phenomenon.
acquisition. 2. Alvin Toffer described the third wave
2. In the new millennium, population growth is civilization as being the knowledge or
fast-outpacing world’s capacity to provide information economy.
learning opportunities to individuals and 3. Peter Drucker labeled the practitioners as
groups. being knowledge workers.
3. Recognition of prior learning, accreditation and
equivalency are approaches that are gaining It is evident from this that more and more people in the
substantial focus world today make their living by generating,
4. Work-specific and beyond the campus processing, disseminating, and exchanging and/or
strategies likewise deserve the educator’s using information/s
attention. C. The Knowledge Builders
5. Distance education, open learning and other
flexible learning systems are now recognized The teacher in the information age should not
as having the capacity to provide access to life- only be a transmitter of facts and figures, but rather a
long education opportunities. guide to student’s quest for learning.
Note: in the above statements, technology is

considered as the primary artery of delivering II. The emerging Education Landscape
education.
In an increasingly sophisticated world where
A. The Asia Pacific Century information has various applications and
corresponding economic value, it may be well to
South East Asia and East Asia has faced remind ourselves that information by itself, no matter
numerous challenges. It has faced the troubles brought how painstakingly collected needs to be applied to a
about by the World War II. Still, this region has made specific human social concern for it to have meaning.
unprecedented Economic growth over the past two
decades; the highest of course is South East Asia  Technology makes it possible to process
huge amounts of data and information and
 We are increasingly aware of an share them with proper parties in a very short
interconnected world. Be it through period of time.
 Knowledge builders has the responsibility of system” exist in the DepEd said the Former Senator
generating and moving information and share Mar Roxas. The thing exist even though there was a
them with proper parties in a very short period high regard given by the International Community to
of time. Filipinos as though there where “all” educated; this has
 Implications of technology in shaping future been a subject of envy to many.
landscapes must be explored.
However, there exist some worrysome signs
Issues and Concerns of ICT development and that Mar Roxas has pointed. Some of them are as
Education. follows:
1. The learning continuum is fast becoming 1. The Job Mismatch that has been faced by the
borderless, embracing a lifelong dimension, graduates of the Philippine school.
with the pace of knowledge acquisition 2. Many applicants failed when asked to write 1
described as unprecedented. or 2 paragraph essays or when given a test
2. Population growth is fast outpacing the comprehension.
world’s capacity to provide learning 3. The decline of rank of the country in the
opportunities to individuals and groups. Mass International Math and Science test.
participation in education needs to be 4. The transition rate from Grade level to grade
addressed by the education sector. level. In that in every 100 that start in grade 1
3. Recognition of prior learning, accreditation only 66 finishes elementary and about 44 that
and equivalency are approaches that are finished High School, only 18 was able to
gaining substantial focus. finish the tertiary Level and so on.
4. Work specific and beyond the campus
Note that:
strategies deserve the educator’s attention
5. Distance Education, open learning and other Officials and leaders of State Universities
flexible systems are now recognized as along with other officials of the Education sector must
having the capacity to provide access to act as a guardians of dreams and custodians of hope.
lifelong education opportunities. We must also act as custodians of standards; we are
the ones who are supposed to guarantee that
III. Conclusion somebody passes in any course in state universities
and colleges and be called an educated person. And
Knowledge builders of the next that the government must support us in this very
century has the pivotal role in the Asia Pacific important task.
Region. Fulfilling two layered responsibility of
optimally applying technological innovations
SOCIAL CHANGE: TRADITIONAL, MODERN AND
to meet the requirements of education service
POST MODERN SOCIETIES
delivery in a dynamic situation obliges
educators to seek new models. This I. Social Change: Are the changes in social
challenge is heightened by the need to focus pattern, including status or roles, social
technological concerns sustained human stratification, and social institutions.
social development, fully recognizant of Asia
Pacific context. Things that brings changes:
1. Conflict
EDUCATORS AS GUARDIANS OF STANDARDS Inequality and conflict in a society produce

change. Karl Marx saw class conflict as the engine that
Prior to Republic Act 7880 or the Fair and Equitable drives societies from one historical era to another.
Access to Education Act, “Palakasan and Sipsip
2. Ideas moved into sociology on a wave of social criticism
since the spread of left-leaning politics in the 1960’s. It
Max Webber attributed social change to
has the following key arguments and postulates:
ideas. He said that people with charisma can use this
to change the world. Webber also highlighted the 1. In important respects, modernity has failed
importance of ideas by showing how religious beliefs
This is evident in today’s high
of early Protestants set the stage of industrial
poverty rates, as well as widespread sense
capitalism.
of financial insecurity.
3. Demography
2. The bright light of progress are fading
Population patterns or demography has also
been cited as a source of changes. As such, This stated more than centuries ago; a wide
migration that affects demography is another factors to range pessimism; almost half of the U.S. adults
consider in this for it promotes changes in a specific do not expect their children’s lives to be better
society in the form of exchange of ideas. This than their own.
phenomenon is very visible in the United States of
America where there is a continuous influx of people. 3. Science no longer holds answers
II. Traditional societies profile
Critics argued that science has not solved
Values: Homogeneous; scared character; few very old problems of mankind such as poor
subcultures and counter cultures health and even create bigger problems such as
pollution.
Norms: Great moral significance; little tolerance of
diversity 4. Cultural debates are intensifying
Time orientation: Present linked to past
Postmodernism, also characterized as post
Technology: Preindustrial; human and animal energy materialist era; in which more careers involve
working in symbols and in which issues such as
III. Modernity
social justice, state of the natural environment
This is a central concept of social change. and animal rights command more and more
This is a social pattern that results to modernization. public attention.
Sociologist include this catchall concept to all the social
patterns that where set in motion by industrial 5. Social institutions are changing
revolution.
In this modern era, postmodern family no
1. Has homogenous and secular character with longer conforms to any single patterns; on the
presence of subcultures and counter cultures. contrary, individuals are choosing among many
2. Has variable moral significance and has high new family forms.
tolerance to diversity.
3. Has industry and advanced energy sources.
4. Orientation toward future and growing
awareness of time
IV. Post Modernity

This refers to social pattern characteristics of post
industrial societies. It has been used for decades in
literary, philosophical, and even architectural circles. It

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What are some of the emerging realities that are impacting the educational scenario according to the passage?

What are some of the implications of technology in shaping future education landscapes mentioned in the passage?

The Third Millennium Challenges to the knowledge telecommunications, the World Wide Web or

Note: in the above statements, technology is

EDUCATORS AS GUARDIANS OF STANDARDS Inequality and conflict in a society produce

IV. Post Modernity

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