Integrating the Four-Dimensional Education Framework Into an EFL Course Curriculum

Abstract

A part of being in academia is moving from institution to institution. This paper will showcase the work of one educator as they adjusted to a new teaching context in 2018. With a desire to conduct practitioner research (Mann & Walsh, 2017), the instructor designed a course for their university EFL classes using the required grammar textbook and the Center for Curriculum Redesign’s Four-Dimensional Education Framework (Fadel, Bialik, & Trilling, 2015). Tasks and projects were designed to connect each grammar unit with activities designed to utilize the elements of the framework to motivate the students to take an active role in their learning. This paper will introduce the context, the Four-Dimensional Education framework, the course activities, and the results of a semester-long research project in hopes that other educators may be inspired to integrate the framework and similar learning initiatives in their own classrooms and teaching contexts.