TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND

CRITICAL THINKING IN
THE 21ST CENTURY
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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century – Grade 11
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Title: Understanding the Emergence of Trends and
Patterns

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Trends, Networks, and Critical
Thinking in the 21st Century
11
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 3
Title: Elements and Characteristics of Trends
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century-
Grade 11 Self-Learning Module on Understanding the Emergence of Trends and
Patterns!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century-
Grade 11 Self-Learning Module on Understanding the Emergence of Trends and
Patterns!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

At the end of the lessons, you are expected to:

1. Identify the elements of trend and

2. Identify the different characteristics of trend

3. Develop subconsciously the indepth knowledge and awareness of the

elements and characteristics of Trends for future application.

PRETEST

Directions: Read and comprehend the following statements carefully. State

whether the statement is True or False. Write the answer on the
blank provided before the statement. (5 points).

___________ 1. Mega Trends, Macro Trends and Micro Trends are types of
Trend.

___________ 2. Trends does not observe cultural basis and backgrounds.

___________ 3. Trends are perceived as a need and is easily accepted by the

majority.

___________ 4. Innovations does not make a trend but are considered essential
as its other elements.

___________ 5. Trends does not allow innovations and development. Rather it

aims only to preserve culture.
 RECAP

Directions: Answer the following questions below (10 points). Write your answer on
your notebook.

1. In your own understanding, how do you identify the difference between

Trends and Fads?
2. Give three (3) Examples of a Trend and three (3) examples of a fad.

LESSON: ELEMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TRENDS

THE DEFINITION:

Mega Trends are a larger pattern of trend that scales global shifts which
reshape and transform our lives, society and the way we do
businesses. It involves major restructuring, factual and are
often supported by verifiable data. It offers the biggest
challenges and opportunities, as it encompasses countries, one
after another.

Macro Trends The Children of Mega Trends. Lasts for 5 to 10 years and known
as “consumer trends”, but not tangible. Marco trends sustains
a larger scale than Micro Trend. Macro trends are the basis for
Micro Trend. It is the changing needs of the consumers.
Common needs like jobs, transportation, etc.

Micro Trends also known as “market trend”, are common business

management. Although, micro trends are always based on a
mega trend / Macro Trend, it runs the opposite by advocating
localization by recognizing that people and the community have
never been more sophisticated and more knowledgeable about
the choices they make in their everyday lives. Lasts for a about
3-5 years.
 As established in the previous lessons, identifying trends and keeping up with
its series has been a challenge for every company regardless of the type of trend they
are following. As trends are long term directions and runs a pattern of gradual
change, companies have to predict possibilities in order to survive long term.
Therefore, knowing how and when trends will emerge provides an opportunity to plan
and make a move ahead. Trends can be predicted through the presence of its
elements and characteristics.

Trends elements and characteristics may include but may not be limited to the
following:
Duration of time – the lifespan of
products, idea, or events do not quickly
go away. Its popularity sticks for a long
period of time, so innovations and
development are in the basket.

Need or Timely – It is obviously useful

and easily appreciated. It emerges in the
times of need or is perceived as a need
at the time of its emergence. It answers
basic needs and aims to improve life and
make it easier.

Acceptability – appeals broadly and is

very applicable. Trends just as fads also
emerges quickly and is accepted by the
many. It instantly adapts to the taste and convinces to jump into the bandwagon.
Cultural Basis – being rooted into people’s beliefs, values, and traditions, that is also
the reason how it is easily accepted. It is familiar and runs beneath the individuals’
background and culture and blends with its environment. It is basically part of life
and touches the sense of history.

Transitory Changes (increase or decrease) – There are no trends without a change.

Trends shows a predicting changes whether an increase or a decrease in a particular
idea, event, condition, etc.

Innovative and Evolving – Although innovations cannot be considered a trend, a

trend cannot exist truly without it. Series of trends have innovations as its basic
stand. An upgrade of a specific need or answer to a need. It grows together with the
changing need and aims continually to sustain and survive for existence. Trends also
meshes with other trends, some calls this as trend blending. This can be considered
as a strategy for a dying trend or less significant trend to continue existing, and in
some cases, making the new trend a progression of the previous ones.

AN EXAMPLE:

Over time, the need of the mode of transportation has existed. Emerging from the
need of vehicles for personal use in lieu of spending for buying private vehicles, taxi
cabs and rent a car, have been very much patronized. ( Duration of time and cultural
basis)

As a development to the mode of transportation, Uber is one of an excellent example.

An upgrade to the traditional call for taxi, through the use of mobile applications,
with the perks of having cashless transactions, availability and convenience of the
process, the professional experience of having a professional driver and a private
vehicle. To top it all, are the point system, incentives and discounts. (Need, Timely,
Acceptability, Transitory, Innovative and Evolving)
 ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Based on your understanding of the lesson, fill-in the Diagram below.

TRENDS
ELEMENTS CHARACTERISTICS
ACTIVITY 2

Directions: Cite three (3) examples of a trend and define the elements and
characteristics that are present in your examples.

Example Elements and Characteristics Observed

Trend 1.

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WRAP-UP

Directions: Complete the sentences.

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 VALUING

Timely, Acceptability, Innovative, and Evolving are some of the

elements and characteristics mentioned in the lesson. In practical
daily life application, how do you use these characteristics to
survive? Write your answers in the space provided below.

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 POSTTEST

Directions: Identify the word or phrase that needs to be removed/replace to make

the statement correct. Write the correct word or phrase on the blanks provided before
each number if a mistake is identified, otherwise write the word “correct”. (10 points)

_____________________ 1. Macro Trends lasts for lasts for 5 to 10 years

only but are not tangible.
_____________________ 2. Micro Trends are known as “market trend”
and are common business management.
_____________________ 3. Mega Trend delivers globally shifts changes
_____________________ 4. Trends are not easily accepted. It emerges in
the times of need.
_____________________ 5. Lifespan of products, idea, or events in a
trend quickly goes away.
_____________________ 6. Trends are perceived as a need at the time of
its emergence.
_____________________ 7. Cultural basis is one of the trends elements
that prohibits its acceptance by the majority.
_____________________ 8. Trends just as fads instantly adapts to the
taste of the majority
_____________________ 9. Trends touches the sense of history that are
not part of life.
_____________________ 10. Trends hinges on familiarities and runs
beneath the individuals’ background and
culture and so blends with its environment.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

PRE-TEST Answer Key:

1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. False

Post Test
1. Correct 6. Correct
2. Correct 7. allows (prohibits)
3. Correct 8. Correct
4. Not 9. that is part (are not part)
5. Do not quickly go away 10. Correct

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