School Smarts: The Four C’s of Academic Success

31 Jim Burke Carolyn Moser-Reviewer 2004 School Smarts: The Four C’s of Academic Success <o:p> </o:p> Carolyn Moser, a North Carolina teacher, introduces Burke’s central idea, that going to school is as much a learned thing and necessary to succeeding as the academic subject matter. Burke identifies, from the perspective of student and teacher, the four C’s: commitment, content, competencies and capacity.<o:p></o:p> Citation: Burke, J. (2004). School smarts: The four C’s of academic success. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>