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The importance of curiosity and questions in 21st-century learning

The so-called “4Cs” for learning—creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration—emphasize fostering students’ dispositions toward innovation and agency. As discussed in this Education Week article, curiosity stands as a fifth “C” that underlies each of these dispositions.

   Article

   15 minutes

   By: Andrew P. Minigan, Education Week

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators


Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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