Transforming Citizenship Education into 21st Century Lessons

In citizenship education lessons, teachers require students to discuss and critically understand the events in a global society. This qualitative study investigated the impact of incorporating the 21st century Learning Design (21CLD) into the teaching and learning of citizenship education through a professional development model. Data were collected qualitatively from 30 teachers teaching citizenship education subject in secondary schools in Brunei Darussalam. The instruments used consisted of 21CLD rubrics, semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and teaching and learning artifacts. The results of the study revealed that 21CLD encouraged students to collaborate and communicate with one another in their learning. There were also positive improvements with regards to students' problem solving and self-regulation skills as well as their knowledge of citizenship education subject. Despite the challenges of implementing the 21CLD lessons, all teachers had agreed that applying this learning design had improved their students' learning of the 21st century skills.