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CURIOSITY
STRATEGIC AWARENESS
LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS
CREATIVITY
RESILIENCE
CHANGING
MEANING MAKING
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Powerful learning – An OverviewPowerful learning – An Overview
The University of Bristol undertook a 3 year research project to find out what makes children/adults effective learners. They identified seven different factors or dimensions that combine to create such effective learning, otherwise described as learning power or powerful learning.
What is powerful learning?
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But what are these so called learning dimensions?
The seven dimensions of powerful learning:The seven dimensions of powerful learning:
CHANGING
CURIOSITY
MEANING MAKING
RESILIENCE
STRATEGIC AWARENESS
CREATIVITY
LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS
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Powerful learning in the classroomPowerful learning in the classroom
This sounds great - but how will you use this knowledge to enable your children to become powerful learners?
Step 1: Developing a powerful learning based physical and emotional environment.
Step 2: Introducing the seven dimensions so that every child understands what constitutes powerful learning.
Step 3: Having a thinking skills and values based curriculum where activities support and foster the seven dimensions
Step 4: Allowing children to reflect on their own learning and that of others in relationship to the seven dimensions.
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Step 1 Creating a powerful learning physical and emotional environment
Step 1 Creating a powerful learning physical and emotional environment
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
The co-creation of rules for speaking and listening that develop respect for others
Flexible layout of room that facilitates movement and seating of children
A safe environment where children are encouraged to talk about their learning strengths and weaknesses
Wall displays that display and encourage the use of powerful learning vocabulary and which stimulate the visual senses
The physiological needs of the body and in particular the brain are addressed (Brain breaks are built into and between lessons)
An area of the classroom dedicated solely to critical curiosity (Gerard’s wonder box)
The teacher fosters a sense of belonging to the learning environment
Children are encouraged to value their learning strengths and abilities where acknowledgement of this is integral to every lesson
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Step 2Introducing and understanding
Step 2Introducing and understanding
• Animal cartoon association
• Learning metaphors
and similes
• Story writing
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POWERFUL LEARNING AT WESTBURY PARKPOWERFUL LEARNING AT WESTBURY PARK
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CHANGINGCAMILLA
CHANGINGCAMILLA
Hello, I’m Camilla and my learning strength is changing. I know that I can become better at learning over time and develop strengths in all the different learning dimensions. I understand the potential of my mind and how my thinking can improve and expand.
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STRATEGIC AWARENESSCARMEN
STRATEGIC AWARENESSCARMEN
Hello, my name is Carmen and my learning strength is strategic awareness. I have a toolkit of strategies that I am able to use in different learning situations.
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MEANING MAKINGVINNY
MEANING MAKINGVINNY
Hello, I’m Vinny and my learning strength is in meaning making. Soaring high up in the sky I can see how learning fits together like a jigsaw to make the big picture. I am always looking for links between what I already know and what I am learning. I am able to connect what I have learnt in one lesson with another and to my life outside of school.
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LEARNING RELATIONSHIPSELLI
LEARNING RELATIONSHIPSELLI
Hello, my name is Elli and my learning strength is in learning relationships. I like sharing my thoughts and ideas with others and love working with my friends to solve problems.
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CREATIVITYMARVIN
CREATIVITYMARVIN
Hello, I’m Marvin and my learning strength is creativity. I love playing with possibilities and using my imagination to solve problems in different ways.
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RESILIENCE
LENNY
RESILIENCE
LENNYHello, I’m Lenny and my learning strength is resilience. I love to challenge my thinking and learning. I don’t give up easily – even when things are difficult.
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CURIOSITYGERARD
CURIOSITYGERARD
Hello, I’m Gerard and my learning strength is curiosity. I love asking my own questions to find out what’s really going on.
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Learning is like…Learning is like…
…driving on a motorway!
Sometimes you’re going quickly in the fast lane. At other times you ‘re travelling much slower in the slow lane – and you might even become stuck in a traffic jam! ALEX (AGED 9)
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Learning is like…Learning is like…
…your heart beating - it never stops until you die!
LILLY (AGED 9)
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Crossing The Mara River
creativity
resilience
learning relationships
meaning making
strategic awareness
curiosity
animalquestions
animal
Imaginative ideas
animal
determination
animal
resourcefulnessanimal
animal attributesattributes
attributes
attributes
attributes
working effectively with others
seeing how things fit together
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Step 3Fostering the 7 dimensions through a thinking skills
and values based curriculum
Step 3Fostering the 7 dimensions through a thinking skills
and values based curriculum
Thinking skills ValuesThinking skills starters are used at the beginning of the day.
The school develops a set or agreed values
through a partnership of children, teachers and parents.
There is a predominance of open ended activities.
There are values displays in the classroom.
HOTS activities (higher order thinking skills) which focus on the application of knowledge, analysis, synthesis and evaluation are used.
Opportunities within the curriculum are taken for discussing values. Values links are made explicit in lesson planning.
LOTS activities (lower order thinking skills activities), which are knowledge based and focus on information recall only, do not dominate the curriculum.
Values are shared and discussed in assemblies and during circle time.
Mind mapping, fortune lines and concept lines are used by the teacher in the modelling process and by the children when planning and organising their thoughts.
Curiosity is encouraged and fostered. Philosophy and wonder walls are used.
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CURIOSITYCURIOSITY
STRATEGIC AWARENESS
STRATEGIC AWARENESS
What is th
e
important
informatio
n? Which operations must be used?
What is/are the
calculations that need to
be solved?What strategies
should I use?
rounding/adjusting
informal partitioning
Standard writtenMathematical problem solving
There were 1,399 wildebeest grazing on the Mara plains. Of these, a pride of 7 lions killed and devoured 450.
How many wildebeest
were left grazing?
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Proverb: Too many cooks spoil the brothTitle: The leopard and the crocodile
Fortune Line for Leopard
sad
happy
worried
time
1
2
3
4
5
Powerful Learning
Meaning Making
Strategic Awareness
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2
3
4
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Leopard is saddened to see that the Mara Bridge has been destroyed as he is unable to join his friend for supper.
Crocodile appears from the river bank and explains his strategy for crossing the river. He calls upon his many friends to build a ‘crocodile bridge’.
Crocodiles appear from far and wide. As more and more link snout to tail, confusion and chaos ensues. As Leopard begins to cross, the crocodile bridge falls apart.
Soaring high above, Vulture reasons that the strategy has been unsuccessful due to the huge number of crocodiles in relation to the width of the river and suggests they reduce their numbers.
The crocodile bridge is now a success. Leopard crosses safely and joins his friend high up in a tree to feast upon a wildebeest carcass.
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Setting(s)
Character(s) Creation(s)
mankind
Human nature
go
od
bad
loverespect
hate
disrespect
Who?
How?
SleegMix soil w
ith
saliva
before
peaceful lush vegetation
after
pu
re s
ky/r
iver
s
How Mankind
Came To Be
pollutedbarren
Myth
ical beast
GodHer
o
nam
e
char
acte
r
appearance
fearlesscunning
muscular
Mow
gul leather skin
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Title: How Mankind Came To BeFortune Line of Ramana
Time
Em
oti
on
happy
sad
angry
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
The god -Ramana is very content with the beautiful world he has created.
Sleeg, a grotesque soil monster, condemned to a life underground, plans to destroy Ramana's world through the creation of man. Mixed from Sleeg’s saliva and the soil, mankind begins to destroy the peace and beauty on Earth.
Wailing in anger, Ramana causes earthquakes and tidal waves to wreak havoc on earth.
Leniana – the lion king, fearing the destruction of all life on Earth, convinces mankind to change his behaviour and never follow the commands of Sleeg.
Mankind shows that it is able to respect and care for the world. This pleases Ramana.
Powerful Learning
Resilience Learning Relationships
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Step 4Reflecting on the Learning Dimensions
Step 4Reflecting on the Learning Dimensions
CONCEPT LINES
What’s so amazing about a line?
Enables children to develop own learning vocabulary
Very easily implemented
An excellent tool for enabling children to reflect on their own learning strengths and weaknesses and those of others (peers, teachers, parents, celebrities)
Visual and kinaesthetic nature makes the reflection periods much more memorable and enjoyable.
Allows children to see how they can change and grow as learners
Concept lines have many other applications across the curriculum
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KEY WORDSCREATIVITY
POWERFUL LEARNING AT WESTBURY PARK
POWERFUL LEARNING AT WESTBURY PARK
I DON’T UNDERSTAND YET I’M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND
LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS
CREATIVITY
RESILIENCE
CURIOSITY
MEANING MAKING
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POWERFUL LEARNING CONCEPT LINESPOWERFUL LEARNING CONCEPT LINES
ROBOTIC STRATEGICALLY AWARE
EFFECTIVE PARTNER
DEPENDENT
FRAGMENTARYMEANING MAKER
RULE BOUND CREATIVE
FRAGILE RESILIENT
PASSIVE CURIOUS
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POWERFUL LEARNING FORTUNE LINESPOWERFUL LEARNING FORTUNE LINES
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Powerful Learning TargetsName: ……………. Date: ……….
curiosity
resilience
strategic awareness
learning relationships
creativity
meaning making
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Powerful Learning – A Holistic ApproachPowerful Learning – A Holistic Approach
A whole school approach
Developing a home/school powerful learning partnership
Introducing ELLI online at both the beginning and end of an academic year in order to formulate individuals profiles in relation to the learning dimensions and assess progress.
Target setting in relationship to the learning dimensions
Report writing in relationship to the learning dimensions