In the UK, there's a growing recognition in curriculum development of the importance of children’s personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS). According to a Futurelab handbook: Curriculum and teaching innovation Transforming classroom practice and personalisation", These are seen as sets of core capacities and capabilities that children will need to develop to equip them for the world of work and citizenship beyond school. While subject expertise therefore remains of central importance to the curriculum, there has been more acknowledgement that this content knowledge must be supplemented with other competences.The PLTS framework is organised around six key areas:
+ independent enquiry
+ creative thinking
+ reflective learning
+ team work
+ self-management
+ effective participation.
Read the Futurelab paper here.
In the Philippines, Headway School for Giftedness focuses on what we call FROLIC. Let's see if it maps nicely to PLTS.
+ resourcefulness
+ originality
+ loyalty
+ compassion
+ initiative
+ fortitude
For what that was worth.
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