Keep your chin up!
This pillar emphasizes perseverance and responsibility in learning.
What is Commitment?
This pillar focuses on relationships and belonging in learning.
What is Connection?
This pillar encourages curiosity and exploration in learning.
What is Discovery?
These statements guide staff in living out the Vision for Learning.
What are Calls to Action?
The educational theory emphasizing student-centered learning that the Vision for Learning draws on.
What is constructivism?
A key behavior under Commitment is consistently doing this before deadlines.
What is meeting expectations or submitting work on time?
A teacher builds Connection by learning and using these in class.
What are students’ names and interests?
Learning most closely aligned with this pillar.
What is inquiry-based learning?
One Call to Action under Connection is to create this type of classroom environment.
What is a welcoming and inclusive environment?
Research on Connection often references this psychologist’s hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Commitment links strongly to this developmentally focused outlook.
What is a growth mindset?
Connection is essential for this aspect of wellbeing.
What is social-emotional wellbeing?
A skill developed through Discovery learning.
What is critical thinking or creative thinking?
Under Commitment, a Call to Action asks teachers to model this trait.
What is perseverance or responsibility?
Commitment aligns with research on this concept of perseverance.
What is grit?
A classroom strategy that fosters Commitment.
What is goal setting or self-monitoring?
A learning activity that promotes Connection.
What is collaborative group work or peer feedback?
Discovery can use this approach to solve real-world problems.
What is design thinking?
Under Discovery, a Call to Action encourages teachers to design learning that sparks this.
What is curiosity or inquiry?
Discovery is supported by inquiry models such as this widely used approach.
What is the 5E model or inquiry cycle?
Research shows Commitment is strengthened when students experience this type of incentive.
What is intrinsic motivation?
Connection improves learning outcomes through this psychological effect.
What is a sense of belonging or increased engagement?
Discovery is enhanced when learners experience this type of challenge.
What is cognitive dissonance or productive struggle?
Calls to Action are linked to these three overarching pillars.
What are Commitment, Connection, and Discovery?
The Vision for Learning reflects principles from this global framework for future-focused education.
What is the OECD Learning Compass or similar?