Will the REAL 4C’s Please Stand Up…AGAIN!

Mmmmmmm….that one went out a bit too early!

“Happiness Engineers” – not too happy (I want my “save” button back – when I try to re-post)!

Ne se! A few weeks back I did a post that tracked my own search to uncover what exactly the 4C’s were….you see, I’d been seeing a lot of the 4C’s around (no puns intended, OK – maybe a bit) – and a couple of people had asked me what I thought about them (esp. those people who were also keen on the 5E’s …

Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate

…from Roger Bybee and his team)

…and YES….we also have the 6E’s and the bloody 7E’s, too! There’s something about “models” that have both a number and a letter that fascinates teachers – bit like playing with matches or playing with a tooth that hurts with your tongue!

 

I mentioned that one of my favourite approaches to the 4C’s was from Ken Kay – and that Ken was in the middle of  a great “series” on the 4C’s on his Edutopia-based blog.

At that time, Ken had done an introductory post and discussed 5 of the 7 “steps”;

• The Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District
• Step 1: Adopt Your Vision
• Step 2: Create Community Consensus Around the 4C’s
• Step 3: Align Your System to the 4C’s
• Step 4: Use the 4Cs to Build Professional Capacity
• Step 5: Embed the 4Cs in Curriculum and Assessment 

Since that time, he has wrapped up two more posts on Steps 6 and 7 – and these touch on the issues of  TEACHer “motivation” and “engagement” that Troy and I have been discussing this week.

So, I thought I’d share these two links with y’all (also been catching up with the US “X Factor” this week – really starting to hate “music” reality TV)….

Anyways, here they are:

• Step 6: Use the 4C’s to Support Teachers
• Step 7: Improve and Innovate: Create a 4C’s Organization

If you want to see the original 4C’s post – just click HERE! 

Have a great weekend!