TRENDS, NETWORKS AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY CULTURE

4TH QUARTER

Lesson 1: DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTION

DEMOCRACY – power of the people/freedom.

Types of Democracy
1. Parliamentary Democracy – leaders become prime ministers or chancellor.
2. Jeffersonian Democracy – formulated by Thomas Jefferson
- All male citizens were entitled to equal political opportunities.
3. Jacksonian Democracy – symbolized by Andrew Jackson
- Focused on the needs of the ordinary people rather than on the needs of the elite and the educated.
4. Liberal or Constitutional Democracy – focused on the principles of free and fair elections, a universal
right to vote and a competitive political process where qualified people can run and be voted for office.
5. Social Democracy – conceived in 19th Century
- Promotes universal access to health, education, just competition for workers, and social services.

DIMENSIONS OF DEMOCRACY

1. The Sovereign People

- Refers to “Body-Politic” or the people who rule.
- Citizens / registered voters during elections.

2. The Principle of Democracy

- It focuses on the Equality

3. The structure of democracy

- This pertains to the various formulations, mechanisms and institutions which are crafted to enable
the people to actualize their sovereign will in the democracy process.

4. The practice of Democracy

- Involves the translation of the concept of democracy into reality or making the rule of the people
concretely manifested.

PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY
- It is an involvement or engagement with something is freely done, without coercion and without
threat or fear.

Lesson 2: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Information Communication Technology

- ICT is technology that supports activities involving information (gathering, processing, storing and
presenting data).

Technology – the use of science in industry, engineering, etc, to invent useful things or to solve problems.

*Characteristics of Technology
1. Uncertainty
2. Dynamic
3. Systematic
4. Cumulative
DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN THE CLASSROOM
1. Content Integration
- Fastest way to deploy information
2. Knowledge Construction
- Resources
3. Equity Pedagogy
- Accessibility to technology
4. Prejudice Reduction
- Balance use of technology and traditional tools.
5. Empowering Social Culture
- Stimulates communication and growth among peers.

Lesson 3: NEURAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

NN SN
LINKS Nerve cells people

PURPOSE To keep the body alive To show common interest

LOCATION Human head Community

SOURCE OF MESSAGE Brain Person

RECEIVER OF MESSAGE Specific part of the body Individual members

TRANSMISSION OF Neuron connection Verbal and non – verbal;

MESSAGE Technology
TIME FRAME OF Within a second Varying speed
TRANSMISSION
REACTION OR FEEDBACK Specific body part Varied reactions
OF THE RECEIVER
BOUNDARY Human Body Group, associations, club