4Cs: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking
About this course
Knowing facts is no longer enough: students need to express their ideas clearly, work well with others, come up with new solutions and question what they read and hear. These four skills, known as the 4Cs, are at the heart of 21st century learning. This 21st century skills course shows you how to develop communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking in your students through practical activities that fit into any subject and any lesson.
Over five days, you will explore each of the 4Cs in depth and experience activities you can take straight into your classroom. You will practise strategies to help students speak, listen and present with confidence, work effectively in teams, generate original ideas and analyse information with a critical eye. Through hands-on workshops, group challenges and real classroom examples, you will also learn how to combine the 4Cs in the same lesson, create the right classroom climate for them to grow and assess skills that are often seen as difficult to measure.
By the end of the week, you will have designed your own lesson or mini-project that develops the 4Cs in your subject and created a plan to make these skills a regular part of your teaching.
COURSE OVERVIEW
- Integrate the 4Cs into everyday lessons in their subject.
- Evaluate students' progress in the 4Cs and adapt activities to their needs.
- Create a classroom culture where students feel free to share, collaborate, experiment and question.
- Share 4Cs activities and strategies with colleagues at their school.
- Use activities that help students express ideas clearly, listen actively and present with confidence.
- Apply strategies and roles that make group work fair, organised and productive.
- Use creative techniques that help students generate and develop original ideas.
- Design questions and tasks that encourage students to analyse, compare and evaluate information.
- Create simple rubrics and self-assessment tools to assess the 4Cs.
- Understand what the 4Cs are and why they are essential for students' learning, work and life.
- Identify what communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking look like in the classroom.
- Recognise the classroom conditions that help these skills grow, such as trust, open questions and time to think.
- Explain how the 4Cs can be developed and assessed in any subject.
NEXT COURSES
Our Pricing
100% funded by the Erasmus+
Services included
- Pre-arrival information.
- Tuition & training materials.
- Admin & organizational costs.
- Documentation support.
- Coffee break.
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services
- Accommodation (hotels & self-catering apartments).
- Half-day and one-day trips.
- Cultural activities.
- Airport transfer.
- Local transport.
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