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Learner focused

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The learner focused characteristic is about recognising that all children learn in different ways and that learning is a highly individual process. They also acknowledge differences in children's physical, intellectual, cultural, social and personal experiences and perspectives.

'Learner focused' unpacked

Teachers may:

  • ask questions to discover links between children's emerging interests, ideas views and their wider family, community and cultural experiences
  • provide a range and balance of pedagogical approaches, practices and strategies to cater for individual development and ways of learning
  • adapt the physical, social and temporal environment of the classroom in response to children's individual learning and development
  • provide encouragement and feedback, celebrating children's attempts to try and retry new and challenging tasks.

Children may:

  • have a sense of who they are and show pride in being part of their family, community and cultural group
  • engage in, and be challenged by, a range of differentiated pedagogical approaches, practices and strategies
  • engage in a range of supportive, differentiated learning environments
  • receive, understand and apply feedback to future learning.

"Funds of knowledge are embedded in the cultures of homes and communities and can be used to support learning in schools."

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Last updated 29 August 2023