the 4cs skills
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Developing Critical, Creative and Collaborative skills
Keys to 21st
Century Skills
4 Cs
CollaborationCollaboration occurs when two or more people work together
to accomplish a shared, common goal, teaming up to meet that defined goal.
The learner is the primary focus of instruction
Instruction and “doing” are of primary import ant
Working in a group
Structured approaches to developing solution to real- world problems
Principles of Collaborative
Learning1 2
34Development of
High-level of thinking, Oral
communication, Self- managing and
Leadership skills
Promotion of student – faculty
interaction
Increase in student
retention, self-esteem and
responsibility
Exposure to and increase in
understanding of diverse
perspectives.
Preparation for real life social
and employment situation.
Fishbowl debate
Think-pair-share
/ Write-pai
r-share
Catch-up
Team based learning
Case studyStump your partner
Problem-Based learning
Collaborative Learning or Group work activities
Benefits of
collaborative
learning
Allocating resources and responsibilities
Brainstorming ideas in a group
Decision - making
DelegatingEvaluating Goal setting
Leading a group
Resolving conflictsTeam building
Managing time
Collaborative Abilities
Steps that are necessary while designing group work assignment Managing large Group work project
Introduce the task
Provide enough time
Debrief
Group work Evaluation
General Strategies to keep in mind when incorporating group work
Introduce group work early in the semester to set clear students expectations.
Plan for each stage of group work. Carefully explain to students how group will operate and
how students will be graded. Help students to develop the skills they need to succeed
in going activities. Establish ground rules. Consider using written contracts. Incorporate self and peer assessment for group members
to evaluate their own and others’ contributions
Think about course learning outcomes and how might address them.
How group will be organized How student learning and group process will
be supported. How students will be evaluated.In the class consider: How activity can be introduce How group will be formed How to ensure that students are productive What technology might assist the group work What the students can do
Provide opportunities for students to develop rapport and group.
Give students time to create group Establish ground rules. Assign roles to members. Allow students to rate each other’s
quality and quantity of contribution Check in with group intermittently
Evaluate students on both their contribution to group process as well as the final product.
Create a detail explanation what our expectation are.
Provide scores for individual as well as group Use rubric Incorporate peer and self- assessment at
various milestones. Communicate clearly to students at the
beginning how we can calculate their grades.
3 steps ofManaging
group work
CRITICAL THINKINGCritical thinking is focused, careful analysis of something
to better understand it. When people speak of"left brain" activity, they are usually referring to critical
thinking
Analyzing
Argu
ing
Classifying
comparing and
contrasting
Defining
Describing
Eval
uatin
g
ExplainingProblem solving
Tracking cause and effect
Criti
cal
Thin
king
Ab
ilitie
s
Critical Thinking
is the skill that we
can teach to our
students.
Critical Thinking in the classroom
Critical thinking is a skill that we can teach to our students. It draws on other skills, such as communication and information literacy, to explore a problem, then analyze, explain and evaluate it.
Learning critical thinking leads students to develop other skills, such as a higher level of concentration deeper analytical abilities, and improved thought processing.
Critical thinking is a literacy that evolves as we develop.
Today’s students need critical thinking and problem-solving skills not just to solve the problems of their current jobs, but to meet the challenges of adapting to our constantly changing workforce.
Importance of Developing Critical
Thinking Skills.
Thinking Skills need in Today’s
Global Economy
Critical
Thinking
Problem
SolvingDecision
Making
Develop Critical Thinking By learning to:
Use different kinds of reasoning (deductive and inductive, to understand a situation).
Analyze complex systems and understand how their interconnected parts support the systems
Gather relevant information. Ask important questions that clarify points of view and help
solve problems. Make decisions by selecting appropriate criteria and
identifying alternatives to make reliable choices. Thinking "out-of-the-box", challenging consensus and pursuing
less popular approaches.Critical thinking is an essential part of creativity because we need critical thinking to evaluate and improve our creative ideas.
Academic Performance: Understand the argument and beliefs of
others Critically evaluating those argument and
beliefs Develop and defined one’s own-supported
argument and beliefs.
Daily Life: Helps to avoid making foolish
personal decisions. Helps to reflect and get deeper
understanding of own and others’ decisions.
creativity Creative thinking is
expansive, open-ended invention and discovery of possibilities. when people speak of , “right brain” activity, they most often mean creative thinking.
Creativity is the ability to produce new, diverse and unique ideas'
Creativity that is valued is the ability to come up with new and useful ideas, ideas that serve an important need or creates a new trend that makes an impact.
Innovation is the implementation of creativity-the introduction of a
new idea, process, or product.
Creativity provides the
necessary spark to get the ball
rolling.
Questioning
actively
Entertaining others
Innovating
Imagining ideas
Improvising a
solution
Designing something
Overturning something
Brainstorming ideas
Creating something
Problem Solving
Crea
tive
Th
inki
ng
Abilit
ies
Creativity in the classroom We are faced with countless
problems in our daily life, and it is precisely creative thinking that helps us come up with solutions to these problems.
Creativity is not a passive state of mind.
We must provide opportunity to our students to be creative through different activities
Creativity and Innovation Think Creatively Use a wide range of idea creation techniques Create new and worthwhile ideas Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own
ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts
Work Creatively with Others Develop, implement and communicate new ideas
to others effectively Be open and responsive to new and diverse
perspectives. Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work
and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas
View failure as an opportunity to learn Implement innovations Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and
useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur
Barriers of thinking
Creatively
Negative Attitude
Fear Of Failure
Executive Stress
Lack Of Direction
Following Rules
Fear Of Criticism
communication Communication is a process whereby information is enclosed in a package and is channeled and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver then decodes the message and gives the sender a feedback. All forms of communication require a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, however the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication in order for the act of communication to occur.
To build effective Communication Skills students must learn to:
Communicate using digital media and environments to support personal and group learning.
Share information efficiently and effectively using appropriate digital media and environments.
Communicate thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively to different audiences using various media and formats.
Analyzing the situation
Choosing a
medium
Evaluating messages
Following conventions
Listening actively
Reading
Speaking
Turn
taking
Using
technology Writing
Communication abilities
Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication in their lives today.
Which information sources are accurate and which are not and how it can be used.
The power of modern media and the ubiquity of communication technologies in all aspects of life make teaching strong communication skills even more important.
Importance of communication