Approaches to Learning
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Students work towards acquiring and applying skills in five broad categories. These skills are taught, practiced, and mastered in context, during units of inquiry, as well as during stand-alone activities.
Thinking Skills
critical thinking skills: analysis, evaluation, forming decisions
creative thinking skills: generating new ideas, considering new perspectives
transfer / application skills: application, application in multiple contexts
reflection: reflection, metacognition
Social Skills
interpersonal skills: respecting others, supporting others, social intelligences, resolving conflict
intrapersonal skills: self control, emotional intelligence
Communication Skills
exchanging information: listening, interpreting, speaking
literacy: reading, writing
ICT: viewing, presenting, informed choices
Research Skills
information literacy skills: formulating and planning, gathering and recording, synthesizing and interpreting, evaluating and communicating
media-literacy skills: consuming and processing, considering online perspectives, creating
ethical use of media / information: ethical use, reliability of sources
Self-Management Skills
organization: managing self, time management, goal setting
states of mind: mindfulness, perseverance, emotional management, self motivation, resilience