From the Head of Curriculum Ms Victoria Kelleher
Our school vision aims to create a school community of trailblazers, creating a 21st century approach to thinking, learning and teaching that transforms lives and revolutionises education. As a community, we aim to reconceptualise what a 21st century approach to education looks like for our students. We are very much aware that one-size-fits-all approach to education is ill-adapted to addressing our students’ needs and is not the direction our school is working towards.
The OECD has offered a model of education, like the one shown above, which they believe represents the future of education. The model shows the relationship between knowledge, skills, attitudes and values which are interconnected and interacting to produce capabilities which are, in fact, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in action. However, it’s not enough to merely be capable in school. We need our students to be prepared for a world with increasingly 3
complex problems, to be critical thinkers with high level project and time management skills, to be media literate, ethical, socially aware and collaborative, to be creative, adaptable and strong communicators. Through a 21st century approach, we aim to prepare our students to be capable in a range of real-world settings. A 21st century approach involves teachers taking on more of a supportive and coaching role, guiding our students through their learning. Last Friday, the teaching staff of St George’s spent the day working on ways our students can get what they need by tailoring their learning to match their learning needs. We focused on a range of teaching and learning domains, working from the notion that our purpose is to empower our students to be capable, independent learners and guide their education from teacher-centred, to learner-centred, to learner driven. The unique setting of our school already allows for our staff to make use of flexible spaces to support our students learning and engagement. These spaces support our students who are comfortable learning in a variety of places. On Friday, we explored how we can use technology, namely our learning management system SEQTA, as a flexible way to support our students learning and engagement. We want our students to collaborate, to persevere and be motivated. These are skills that can grow into capabilities, which can become a student’s default disposition, perfected and practiced in several different contexts.
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