Come and join me and Guy Claxton in Auckland on 13 November for our workshop on
Positive Learning Dispositions: How to Coach ‘Em; How to Track ‘Em.
The Positive Learning Dispositions (PLDs) that young people need to prosper in 21st century life go way beyond the current Key Competencies.
Discerning attention, mental humility, intellectual craftsmanship, and the detection of fake news and bullshit, for example, are crucial to a safe and successful life. Their systematic cultivation, in the context of traditional subject matter and testing, is the lynchpin of 21st century education.
But what is the science behind these dispositions? What are the essential tweaks to teaching that make the classroom a natural incubator of the PLDs? And how can teachers record and respond to their development?
In this day’s workshop, Guy Claxton and Bevan Holloway, the Wellington-based inventor of the SMATA app, show how to bring rigour and practicality to dispositional teaching, and how to ensure that grades go up at the same time.