The focus of this unit is on the development of Enterprising, Creative Contributors . . .
who have social awareness; are effective team players with the ability to lead and manage others through difficulties; are willing to take risks; who tackle problems from novel perspectives to create original solutions.
Enterprising, creative contributors engage a blend of learning behaviours:
They …
- are prepared to take risks
- make best use of the available resources / others
- work well with others and on their own as necessary
- prefer new experiences to the tried and tested
- think ‘outside the box’
- show flexibility when situations change.
The activities, think pieces and questions in this online unit aim to help you to make a start on:
- introducing students to the key behaviours of enterprising, creative contributors;
- using the language of enterprising, creative learning effectively with students;
- designing the use of enterprising, creative learning behaviours into the way you teach;
- developing the confidence and skill in helping students to grow their enterprise and creativity.
The following sections will help you to tailor your classroom practice to support the development of these dispositions.
- Section 1 explores the learning behaviours of enterprising, creative learners
- Section 2 discusses the classroom culture that supports the development of enterprising, creative learners
- Section 3 offers ideas to practise in your own classroom
- Section 4 contains some suggestions about how you might talk to encourage enterprising, creative learning behaviours
- Section 5 makes suggestions to move practice on.
About ‘Helping learners to access Successful Futures’ – a reminder
This is one of 12 units in the suite ‘Helping learners to access Successful Futures’. The units address the 4 purposes of the Successful Futures curriculum and the 4 integral skills for modern life and work, and set these requirements into 4 aspects of a learning-friendly classroom culture within which they can thrive.
The 4 purposes of the curriculum as defined in Successful Futures are that young people should develop as:
- Ambitious, capable learners;
- Enterprising, creative contributors – this unit
- Healthy, confident individuals;
- Ethical, informed citizens.
The 4 wider skills necessary for modern life and work are defined as:
- critical thinking and problem solving (closely linked integral skill)
- planning and organising (closely linked integral skill)
- creativity and innovation (closely linked integral skill)
- personal effectiveness
The 4 aspects of classroom culture within which these core purposes and wider skills can develop and thrive are:
- Classroom learning relationships;
- Classroom talk for learning;
- How learning is constructed;
- How learning is celebrated and grown.
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