The concept of Agency and why it is so important in helping our children become life-long learners who will be happy and successful in the 21st century.
Today's Parents' Forum dug deeper into the concept of Agency and why it is so important in helping our children become life-long learners who will be happy and successful in the 21st century. Ryan Hopkins-Wilcox led the discussion by reminding us of what our children will need, to be successful and referred to the following article in Forbes Magazine. We went onto review a collection of definitions of agency and how an agentic approach to learning and teaching will enable children to acquire those skills and dispositions mentioned in the article. We also explored some of the ways that the Junior School is already exploring building agency into the classroom, through student-led-conferencing, self-created schedules, the workshop model of learning, PYPx and CAR time (choose-act-reflect). The image below shows an example of CAR time with Grade 1 children choosing what order they will complete their activities in Mathematics.
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