Approaches to Learning (ATL)
Approaches to learning (ATL) are how we try to identify the path we are using to try and learn about a subject. These cover the different ways your work in the class help to develop skills beyond just in the classroom. As you will notice with each ATL, while you may be focused on the subject of English, these will be skills you can use across the curriculum (all of your subjects) as well in other places in your life. Below are the 5 we focus on at Andrew Hill and through our MYP program.
Working together is a skill. We must learn about the strengths and weaknesses of every member and ensure that each person has the ability to contribute, however big or small. Collaboration is about learning to lead, contribute and follow as needed for the mutual success of the group or team. Working effectively with others is about gaining the skills to be comfortable knowing what you bring to the table, as well as how to see what others can provide. Sometimes that might result in failures to achieve a goal, but not a failure to learn from a process. We learn a lot about ourselves as a result of what we learn from others.
Working together is a skill. We must learn about the strengths and weaknesses of every member and ensure that each person has the ability to contribute, however big or small. Collaboration is about learning to lead, contribute and follow as needed for the mutual success of the group or team. Working effectively with others is about gaining the skills to be comfortable knowing what you bring to the table, as well as how to see what others can provide. Sometimes that might result in failures to achieve a goal, but not a failure to learn from a process. We learn a lot about ourselves as a result of what we learn from others.
Whether you are writing, speaking, drawing or typing, you want to get your point across. Communication skills rely on refining those actions so that they are received the way we intend. It is also about using the appropriate language to assemble our thoughts, hypothesis, or arguments. It is also understand how other people choose to put these together and understanding the small ways in which we may intend something through our choice on how to communicate an idea to another.
Whether you are writing, speaking, drawing or typing, you want to get your point across. Communication skills rely on refining those actions so that they are received the way we intend. It is also about using the appropriate language to assemble our thoughts, hypothesis, or arguments. It is also understand how other people choose to put these together and understanding the small ways in which we may intend something through our choice on how to communicate an idea to another.
Inquiry can't continue unless you look into a subject or idea further. However, not all information is created equal. Some information is crafted specifically to convince the reader of credibility, of logical conclusions, or affect our emotions. As a skill, research is about using a process to discovery the intent or potential of information, and how we can use it to better ourselves and our ideas. It is also a protection against sources the seek to misinform, which is both a problem in the past and present. It is also a skill to identify sources of reliability and discover new credible ones to further your own sense of discovery.
Inquiry can't continue unless you look into a subject or idea further. However, not all information is created equal. Some information is crafted specifically to convince the reader of credibility, of logical conclusions, or affect our emotions. As a skill, research is about using a process to discovery the intent or potential of information, and how we can use it to better ourselves and our ideas. It is also a protection against sources the seek to misinform, which is both a problem in the past and present. It is also a skill to identify sources of reliability and discover new credible ones to further your own sense of discovery.
Realistically, the only thing we are in control of is ourselves. While that may seem like simple zen thoughts, it is a way to recognize that there is some skill involved in making ourselves better. All things take time and self management is a way to make that time more effective. We must be able to recognize our own pace, our emotional thresholds, and also able to understand that we can and will find new and better ways to understand and accomplish something. Being able to manage our expectation of ourselves can also help manage our expectations of others.
Realistically, the only thing we are in control of is ourselves. While that may seem like simple zen thoughts, it is a way to recognize that there is some skill involved in making ourselves better. All things take time and self management is a way to make that time more effective. We must be able to recognize our own pace, our emotional thresholds, and also able to understand that we can and will find new and better ways to understand and accomplish something. Being able to manage our expectation of ourselves can also help manage our expectations of others.
When you're sitting there, getting lost in thought, and you come up with a great realization, that's a skill. Now it may not seem like much to you, but it is one of the things we need to give more credit to, and need to work on to get better. Being able to "think outside the box" means we need to get out of our usual way of thinking, and to learn how to accept new thoughts with out old ones. We also need to be more critical of how we examine problems and accept solutions, to understand the different paths that lead to a result. Often combining our understanding of the past and the present helps us to apply that to a future outcome.
When you're sitting there, getting lost in thought, and you come up with a great realization, that's a skill. Now it may not seem like much to you, but it is one of the things we need to give more credit to, and need to work on to get better. Being able to "think outside the box" means we need to get out of our usual way of thinking, and to learn how to accept new thoughts with out old ones. We also need to be more critical of how we examine problems and accept solutions, to understand the different paths that lead to a result. Often combining our understanding of the past and the present helps us to apply that to a future outcome.