Make Your Mark Club - Independent enquiry
July 21st, 2008 by juliePersonal learning and thinking skills (PLTS), together with functional English, mathematics, and ICT, cover the areas of competence that are most often demanded by employers.
PLTS are:
- team working
- independent enquiry
- self-management
- reflective learning
- effective participation
- creative thinking
For example, regarding INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY
Make Your Mark Clubs are encouraged to be student-led and we invite a lead teacher to act as facilitator and mentor to the students. We hope that the focus of club activity will be around bringing to life an idea or project that students have identified.
The student-led aspects of the Make Your Mark Club, and the journey of discovery embarked on to make an idea happen enable the following skills to be developed:
- Forming a realistic plan and carrying it out
- identifying relevant questions to problems, and seeking out the answers
- realising the consequences of decisions
- developing confidence in decision-making
- recognising the validity of other peoples beliefs/opinions
- presenting arguments that are backed with appropriate evidence.
Thousands of young people all over the UK are making their mark at school or college and joining the Make Your Mark Club.
If you would like to learn more about the Make Your Mark Club, please visit the website or get in touch with your local Make Your Mark team. If you’re based in the North East, that’s me! Call Julie on 01642 451826
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