Approaches to Learning

Approaches to Learning:

Linked closely to the attitudes and dispositions highlighted in the IB Learner Profile, approaches to Learning (ATL) are the skills deemed critical for success for IB students in school and in life, now and into the future.

Self-management skills

The ability to set goals, manage time and tasks effectively, and manage your state of mind, self-motivation, resilience, and mindfulness.

  • organisation

  • effective

  • reflection

Thinking skills

The ability to creatively and critically analyse, apply, evaluate, synthesize, conceptualize, contextualize, reason, and solve problems.

  • critical thinking

  • creativity & innovation

  • transfer

Communication skills

The ability to produce and interpret messages effectively.

Social skills

The ability to participate and collaborate with others whilst showing awareness and respect for other cultures, varying points of view, and individual differences.

Research Skills

The ability to determine the extent of information needed, locate and access information, organize and evaluate information, and use and share information effectively, efficiently, and ethically.