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4Cs have been around in education for some time now and these are some of the most important skills students need to learn. They are also some of the most challenging skills to teach. Through this training, we would like to enhance teachers' understanding of 4Cs in education and offer them highly effective methods for teaching critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration skills.
In our 5-day teacher training course, we will introduce and analyse the concepts of 4Cs and what is there beyond 4Cs in education. Participants will be given various practical examples and instructions on how to apply these principles in their teaching. This training also offers teachers how purposefully integrate technology into instruction to facilitate the practice and mastery of each of the 4Cs along with other learning objectives. Project-based learning as a concrete example of application of 4Cs will also be introduced. This 5-day training is packed with practical and engaging strategies that will transform the way teachers experience teaching.
By completing this course, participants will;
- Explore the pedagogical meaning of the 4Cs
- Learn how verbal and written communication skills are linked to each other
- Gain ideas about numerous activities, tools and tips for teaching the 4Cs in any classroom
- Become familiar with ICT tools to practice skills around the 4Cs
- Discover the concrete and practical application of 4Cs in classroom
- Learn how to observe and reflect on learning
- Invent new creative solutions by applying the knowledge they learn to solve new problems
- Gain knowledge about project based learning and implications of the 4Cs
- Explore what is beyond 4Cs
- Promote European cooperation in the field of education within the framework of the Erasmus+ program by partnership building
- Improve foreign language skills through interaction with colleagues from all around the world
Classes take place Monday to Friday in the Morning (9:30 – 13:30) or in the Afternoon (14:30 – 18:30)
• Day 1 - Monday
Welcoming and Introduction of the course programme
Presentation of participants
Ice-breaking activities
What do we mean by 4Cs in education?
Exploring the pedagogical meaning of the 4Cs
The research behind 4Cs
Bruner's 5E Lenses of Knowledge Construction
‘Rainbow’ framework of the full set of essential skills
• Day 2 - Tuesday
Critical Thinking - definitions and basic principles
Making connections across subject areas and to the world around us; analysis of arguments - deductive and inductive arguments
Digital literacy - Fallacies, post-truth, fake news
Case studies: climate change
Teaching students to think critically
Concrete methods to improve student critical thinking skills
• Day 3 - Wednesday
Creativity and Collaboration
Group discussion: TedTalk ‘Do schools kill creativity?’
Definitions and essential principles of creativity
Lateral and unconventional thinking
How to overcome obstacles of conventional thinking
Creativity in the classroom; essential tools and techniques to unleash students’ potential
Collaboration - definition and basic principles
Problem solving techniques - Coming together to create, produce, or solve a problem
Learning how to promote their ideas in a group and also to validate the ideas of others
Activities to foster collaboration in a classroom setting
• Day 4 - Thursday
Communication - definition and basic principles
Reflection, thought and review
Verbal and non-verbal communication
Strategies to improve classroom communication
What is beyond 4Cs? - Character, Citizenship, Computational Thinking
The 4C's of Technology Integration: Creation, Consumption, Curation, Connection
Edtech tools to be used in a classroom
Collaboration: Padlet, TodaysMeet, Educlipper
Creativity: Google Draw, Canva, Pixlr Express
Critical Thinking: Kidblog, Breakout EDU
Communication: Remind, Google Classroom
• Day 5 - Friday
4Cs in action; project based learning
4C-based school projects - engaging examples and demonstrations of each of the 4Cs in action
‘Sandbox time’
Final Remarks, evaluation of the training
Exchange of ideas for future collaborations at European level
Certification of Attendance
Confirmation of EuroPass Mobility documents
5 Day Course Fee per person: 400 €
Total Price Includes;
- Administrative support before, during and after the training course
- Course and training materials
- Certificate of Attendance
- Confirmation of Europass Mobility Certificate
- Administrative and Organisational costs
- Coffee Breaks
- School Visits (if scheduled in advance)
* For additional services such as accommodation, guided city tours, airport and local transfers etc. contact us via e-mail: info@euromentor.es
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