Concepts—what do we want students to understand?

These eight fundamental concepts, expressed as key questions, fuel the process of inquiry and encourage a transdisciplinary perspective.

 

building together

 

5concepts

Action

Concepts

Knowledge

Skills

Attitude

Demonstrations of deeper learning in responsible behaviour through positive action and service; a manifestation in practice of the other essential elements

Powerful ideas which have relevance within and across the disciplines and which students must explore and re-explore in order to develop understanding

Significant, relevant, subject matter which students are expected to explore and know about

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Those things which the students need to be able to do to succeed in a changing, challenging world

Dispositions which are expressions of fundamental values, beliefs and feelings about learning, the environment and people