Workshop Schedule

Day 1

Topic 1. Introduction

• What are 21^st century skills?
• What is the evidence of the need for these skills in the present student population?
• What are the links between the IB ATL framework and 21^st century skills?
• What is the overall aim, rationale and structure of an ATL programme?

Topic 2. Self-Managed Learners

• What are the skills of the autonomous, self-managed learner?
• What is the connection between self-management and self-regulation of learning?
• How can teachers help students to take responsibility for their own learning and develop into autonomous, self-managed learners?
• How do you teach a skill?
• What are the levels of proficiency of skill acquisition?

Topic 3. Design and Implementation of a Core Generic ATL Skills Programmes

• Differentiating between Core Generic and Subject Based ATL skills
• Structural frameworks of Core Generic ATL skills
• Core Generic ATL skill Introduction, Practice and Mastery – across all programmes
• Achieving ATL Core Generic skill development across a student’s school life from K-12
• Mapping Core Generic ATL skill articulation horizontally and vertically
• Teaching strategies for Core Generic ATL skills

Topic 4. Affective ATL Skills – Teaching Resilience, Courage and Failing Well

• What is the significance of failure and a student’s reaction to it?
• How can students (and teachers) learn how to “fail well”?
• What is the role of attribution and causality in success, failure and motivation?
• How can students learn to be more resilient and more self-motivated?
• How can a school develop a resilience focused culture?
• What are the steps of development of the affective ATL skills across a student’s school life?
• How can affective ATL skills be mapped out both horizontally and vertically?
• What are strategies for teaching affective ATL skills?

Day 2

Topic 5. Design and Implementation of Subject-Specific ATL Skills

• Teachers as subject experts – utilising own experience to define Subject Specific skills
• Summative assessments – what skills are needed in each subject to give students advantage in their summative assessments in each subject?
• What are the top 10 Subject Specific skills in each subject area?
• Subject Specific ATL skill Introduction, Practice and Mastery
• Mapping Subject Specific ATL skill articulation horizontally and vertically
• Teaching strategies for Subject Specific ATL skills

Topic 6. Metacognition and ATL Skills Assessment

• What is the difference between metacognitive knowledge and meta-cognitive performance?
• How can teachers raise metacognitive awareness in students?
• Is it possible to assess ATL skills in isolation?
• How can students improve their own performance through metacognitive reflection on subject matter, ATL skills and teaching/learning strategies?
• Developing self-assessment practices

Topic 7. Inquiry, Blended, and Self-Managed Learning

• What are the teaching/learning practices that generate student motivation and achieve highest levels of understanding?
• POSBGIL - constructing and managing different styles of inquiry learning
• Utilising good quality internet resources to design inquiry based blended learning experiences
• How can teachers design learning experiences that use ATL skills, achieve subject objectives and promote the development of self-managed learning at the level of self-regulation?
• Aligning inquiry based teaching practice with assessment

Topic 8. From Pedagogy to Andragogy

• What are the significant differences in needs and motivational drives between junior and senior students?
• What are the teaching practices that best suit senior students?
• How can Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose be developed in senior classes?
• What are the particular ATL skills that senior students need to be successful in their next step?

Best Practice in ATL Implementation

Throughout the two-day workshop, participants will also learn about and reflect on best practices in a practical and immediately applicable manner.

• Case studies – who is doing it well and what can we learn from them?
• Explicit and implicit teaching practices – what works best for which ATL skills?
• Problems and opportunities – common implementation problems and tested solutions

Home About Lance King Workshop Schedule Workshop Registration About Cebu International School Where to Stay in Cebu