Learner Profile Attributes

What are the Attributes of the Learner Profile?

Within the International Baccalaureate, the learner profile focus is on the whole person as a lifelong learner. These attributes apply to everyone, both adult and child. According to the International Baccalaureate Organization, the goal of all of its programs is to “develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet help to create a better and more peaceful world.” Developing lifelong learners who are positive contributors to society is something many schools strive to achieve.

These attributes of the Learner Profile aim to develop learners who are:

• Caring

  • Helpful to others, empathetic, thoughtful, considerate, recognizes that he/she is part of a group.

• Open-Minded

  • Listens to others thoughts and ideas, accepts that there is more than one way of looking at things.

• Balanced

  • Uses time wisely, and participate in a variety of activities.

• Risk-Taker

  • Willing to make mistakes, prepared to try something new, willing to try things in unfamiliar ways.

• Principled

  • Honest, makes good decisions, responsible, has a sense of fairness and justice.

• Inquirer

  • Ask questions, does not give up easily.

• Thinker

  • Uses what he/she already knows and can build on his/her own ideas and the ideas of others.

• Knowledgeable

  • Learning more about self, others and the world.

• Communicator

  • Expresses feelings and thoughts across the curriculum.

• Reflective

  • Thinks about his/her actions, learning and different ways to do things