Making Learning Irresistible

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Making Learning Irresistible
Mick Waters Director of Curriculum Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority
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Develop a modern, world-class curriculum that
will inspire and challenge all learners and
prepare them for the future
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A Changing Society

• technology
• an ageing population
• the gap between rich and poor
• global culture and ethnicity
• sustainability
• changing maturity levels in schools
• expanding knowledge of learning
• a changing economy

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Some curriculum possibilities

• what is the curriculum?
• a curriculum for the future
• a curriculum standard
• working with system leaders

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The entire planned learning experience
The entire planned learning experience

• lessons, events, routines, extended hours
• outside school
• Clubs
• Hobbies and pastimes
• Local band
• Charity work
• Part-time job

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A big picture of the curriculum
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Working draft January 2008
A big picture of the curriculum
Three key questions
The curriculum aims to enable all young people to
become
1 What are we trying to achieve?
Curriculum aims
Every Child Matters outcomes
Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy
and achieve Make a positive
contribution Achieve economic wellbeing
Focus for learning
The curriculum as an entire planned learning
experience underpinned by a broad set of common
values and purposes
2 How do we organise learning?
Components
Learning approaches
Overarching themes that have a significance for
individuals and society, and provide relevant
learning contexts Identity and cultural
diversity - Healthy lifestyles Community
participation Enterprise Global dimension
and sustainable development Technology and the
media Creativity and critical thinking.
Whole curriculum dimensions
Statutory expectations
3 How well are we achieving our aims?
To make learning and teaching more effective so
that learners understand quality and how to
improve
Assessment fit for purpose
To secure
Accountability measures
Adapted with thanks to colleagues at the Council
for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
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Skills mentioned in the national curriculum

• critical understanding.exploring
  expressing own views analysinginvestigatingcol
  laboratively. creative thinking.enjoy.participa
  ting in decision-makingfair and unfair. express
  and explain own opinionswork with
  othershandling disagreementsplan and
  organisejudge design thinkinginnovatecompetenc
  eexplore others ideasusing imaginationpresent
  informationpersuasive techniques
  debatesperforming show independence
  communicate.solving problems creatively judge
  value discussmake connections different
  techniques reason inductively alternative
  solutionsengage with someone elses reasoning.
  deal with unexpected responses and unfamiliar
  situations different ways of seeing the world
  comparing experiences and perspectives engage
  and analyseexplore how thoughts, feelings,
  emotions can be expressed leadership skills
  express and communicate ideas make
  decisionsimprove performance of others solving
  problems test ideas independent enquiry
  understand risk choices self-esteem
  relationships rights and responsibilitiesvalue
  differences between people.managing
  riskdeveloping relationships justifyindependent
  values

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Attitude and Engagement
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Making Learning Irresistible
Mick Waters Director of Curriculum Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority

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Attitude and Engagement
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Some childhood essentials..? Make, do and mend

• a collection
• tending plants
• taking things to bits
• caring for creatures
• enjoying the weather
• an adventure
• being in a club
• how long, how often?
• making something to use at home or school

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People who
People who

• Push back boundaries go beyond limits
• Live on the edge
• Achieve perfection
• Are brilliant but unpredictable
• Appeal to some but upset others
• Have big ideas

• Children in your class

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