Teach & learn

with

skills in mind

Academic success is important but not sufficient to help us thrive.

In this world of change, we need to develop the capability to apply our knowledge and skills effectively and creatively to new situations.

Lifelong learning skills are the foundation of competency based models
Skills + Contents = Competencies

We must create spaces and dynamics where approaches to learning and approaches to teaching meet and connect.

Learning Lifelong Learning Skills at Cristo Rey School

Cristo Rey School in Madrid has been integrating the lifelong learning skills and competencies into the subject teaching and daily classroom activities. GRownTH is helping them. Take a look at how they are doing it.

Lifelong learning skills

Critical Thinking

• Draw conclusions
• Formulate arguments
• Interpret data
• Consider ideas from multiple perspectives

Creative Thinking

• Ask "what if" questions
• Generate metaphors and analogies
• Make guesses and generate testable hypotheses

Transfer

• Apply knowledge in unfamiliar situations
• Inquire in different contexts
• Make connections between subject groups and disciplines

Communication

• Make inferences
• Use and interpret non-verbal communication
• Use discipline-specific terms and symbols

Collaboration

• Manage and resolve conflicts
• Make fair and equitable decisions
• Listen actively to other perspectives and ideas

Information literacy

• Make connections between data sources
• Collecta and analyse data
• Create references and citations

Media literacy

• Evaluate information from a variety of sources
• Communicate using a variety of media and formats

Organisation

• Plan short-term assignments
• Use technology effectively and productively
• Meet deadlines

Affective

• Practice focus
• Manage you inner dialogue
• Learn to fail

Reflection

• Understand your way of learning
• Practise self-improvement strategies
• Ask yourself about what you've learned

Lifelong learning skills

Draw conclusions

Formulate arguments

Interpret data

Consider ideas from multiple perspectives

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Critical
thinking

Ask “what if” questions

Generate metaphors and analogies

Make guesses and generate testable hypotheses

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Creative
thinking

Apply knowledge in unfamiliar situations

Inquire in different contexts

Make connections between subject groups and disciplines

…

Transfer

Make inferences

Use and interpret non-verbal communication

Use discipline-specific terms and symbols

…

Communication

Manage and resolve conflicts

Make fair and equitable decisions

Listen actively to other perspectives and ideas

…

Collaboration

Make connections between data sources

Collecta and analyse data

Create references and citations

…

Information
literacy

Evaluate information from a variety of sources

Communicate using a variety of media and formats

…

Media
literacy

Plan short-term assignments

Use technology effectively and productively

Meet deadlines

…

Organisation

Understand your way of learning

Practise self-improvement strategies

Ask yourself about what you’ve learned

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Affective

Practice focus

Manage you inner dialogue

Learn to fail

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Reflection

GRownTH

The platform that helps schools, educators and learners work on lifelong learning skills in the classroom.

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Practice & Learn

Practice lifelong learning skills while covering curricular contents through activities, projects and actions. Learn from the experience and from reflecting on the skills and contents practised.

Activities

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30-90 min duration. Focussed in practising one skill and a curricular objective.

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Learning process:

Experience
Reflection
(self) Assessment
(self) Regulation

Projects

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Duration of days or weeks. Focussed on the practice of multiple skills in areas of interest to the learner.

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Roadmap:

Investigate
Plan
Take action
Reflect
(self) Assess

Actions

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10-30 min. duration. Focussed on improving a skill the learner him/herself has identified.

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Self-regulation:

Reflection
Opportunity identification
Action
Reflection

Manage & Make visible

Plan the skills to work on and invite the learners. Manage the process, assess skills and competencies, and give feedback. Track the skills practised and their progress.

Plan

Plan the skills to work on.

Select, adapt and/or create activities and projects.

Practise

Practice the skill and the curricular content.

Observe the experience and the reflection.

Assess

Assess the skills and the competencies.

Give feedback.

Make visible

Access assessment and progress reports on skills and competencies.

Reinforce the learning process and drive improvement.

Analyse & Improve

Analyse and gain insight into the teaching-learning processes. Adjust and improve them. Personalise education.

GRownTH helps drive improvement at three levels:

Self-awareness… supported by the learning styles test, visual thinking tools, learner specific feedback…

Self-regulation… driven by reflection, feedback and (self)assessment.

Data analytics… to gain insight into the learning processes and the factors that shape them: reflection process, self-awareness and self-confidence levels, impact of age and sex, emotional state,..

GRownTH and…

… the school

Easily integrate lifelong learning skills and competencies in the daily classroom activities.

… the educators

Introduce a different way of teaching. Have a different type of conversation with your students.

… the learners

Learn valuable skills, both for the school as well as for your future professional and personal life.

… the parents

Discover and learn about qualities and values in you kids beyond the report card.

I love GRownTH. I’d use it much more often and I would give it many more stars, but there are only five. It helps me a lot because I study in a different way. I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!

Primary education student

It was an interesting activity. They asked us questions we are seldom asked. We had to think.

Secondary education student

I find it quite interesting to step back and think about the skills we practice in class, to invite my students to reflect and assess themselves so they become aware of their full potential.

Primary education teacher

I like GRownTH. We have to change the teaching-learning approach to motivate students, teach them how to reflect on their experiences and engage them in the learning process. They have to stop being spectators and become players.