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How Learners Can Achieve SMART Goals Using Destinations, Milestones, and Footsteps™
Here’s how learners can achieve SMART learning goals using the Destinations, Milestones, and Footsteps™ framework from Future-Focused Learning.
Developing Learner Agency With Destinations, Milestones, and Footsteps™
Integrating SMART goals in developing learner agency and autonomy with the help of Destinations, Milestones, and Footsteps™ guides learners to set realistic and personal benchmarks that lead to meaningful educational experiences.
This Is What Learner Agency Really Means (And What It Doesn’t Mean)
In recent years, there has been a significant surge in the prevalence and recognition of the term "learner agency". But what does it really mean? And what does it not mean?
Case Study: Making the Shift at Evelyn Scott School
Explore the journey of Evelyn Scott School as they move from agents to agency in one of Canberra’s most unique P–10 schools.
50 Proven Strategies and 150 Actionable Steps to Foster a Growth Mindset in Australian Schools
Explore these strategies educators, school administrators, and stakeholders in the Australian education system can use to begin instilling a growth mindset in schools.
5 Mindfulness Quotes That Help Define Its Essence
Mindfulness is day-to-day learning about ourselves, others, and how we are all connected. The quotes we've chosen here are to help you learn more of what mindfulness is about.
Case Study: Making the Shift at Mackellar Primary
Discover the exceptional work regarding learner agency being done by Simon McGlade and the teaching team at Mackellar Primary School.
4 Inspiring Stories of How Great Teachers Changed Someone's Life
Here are a few short and inspiring stories of how great teachers changed the lives of a few of the most well-known individuals in the world.
How Reframing Turns Problems Into Opportunities
Reframing is about shifting from a deficit mindset to a possibilities mindset. Here’s how to do it right.
How Belonging, Inclusion, and Community Create Meaningful Learning
How can we create a community of belonging and inclusion that develops authentic learning experiences for our kids?
How Essential Understandings Fit Into Our Learning
Essential understandings are one of the primary intentions behind learning. Let’s explore more of what they are, why they matter, where to find them, and how to use them.
This is How Collaborative Learning Skills Benefit Today's Learners
Let's seek to understand more about the influence of collaborative learning activities and how they can benefit our learners' brains.
How Unstructured Learning Can Benefit Our Learners
What is “unstructured learning” and how can it lead to perhaps the most authentic educational experiences imaginable? Let’s explore more about it in this article and find out how it can be done.
The Most Effective Ways of Helping Learners Love Learning
Teachers love learning, and deep down, they want their learners to love it too. So the question is, how do we make that happen?
How to Create Authentic Learning Provocations Learners Will Love
To create provocations in learning is to open doorways for developing creativity, critical thinking, and meaningful questioning habits. Here are some of the best from the Web.
10 Inquiry-Based Learning Science Activities for Young Learners
The 10 activities provided here use the familiar processes or objects we encounter every day. Experimenting with them will help your curious young learners discover the whys and hows of life.
The 9 Big Advantages of Inquiry-Based Learning
There are quite a few advantages to using inquiry-based learning, and here are the most important ones for you to consider.
8 Methods for Effectively Improving Learners’ Communication Skills
Communication is an important skill for every modern learner to master. Follow these 8 strategies to enhance learners’ speaking and writing abilities, no matter their age.
Why Inquiry-Based Learning in Kindergarten Makes Sense
How do we nurture and develop the inquiring mind of the young child to foster life-long skills? Inquiry-based learning is a natural fit, and we’re going to explore why.
The 7 Best Assessment Tools and Practices You Can Use Right Now
A young learner’s brain is a mystery we may never fully understand. Assessment practices like the ones in this article give us glimpses into that complexity. In doing so, we reach all learners better.