We have learners are at the centre |
The learning environment recognises the learners as its core participants, encourages their active engagement and develops in them an understanding of their own activity as learners. |
We make learning social |
The environment is founded on the social nature of learning and actively encourages well-organised cooperative learning. |
We know that emotions have a key role in achievement |
Teachers are highly attuned to the learner’s motivations and the key role of emotions in achievement. |
We recognise individual differences |
The learning environment is acutely sensitive to the individual differences among the learners in it, including their prior knowledge. |
We stretch all students |
The learning environment devises authentic programmes that demand hard work and challenge from all but without excessive overload. |
We include assessment for learning |
Expectations are shared using assessment strategies consistent with these expectations; there is a strong emphasis on formative feedback to support learning. |
We build connections |
The learning environment promotes connectedness across subjects and context as well as to the community and the wider world. |