“In times of change learners
inherit the earth, while the
learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to deal
with a world that no longer
exists.”
Eric Hoffer
Double Helix of Learning
(McGettrick 2002)
Achievement
Knowledge
Skills and
Understanding
Attitudes,
Personal
Development Values,
Feelings,
Dispositions,
Motivation
Changing and
learning
Critical
Curiosity
Learning
relationships
Meaning
Making
Strategic
Awareness
Creativity
Resilience
Success in the Dispositions to Stay
Project
Student marks
Students returning for the next stage of their
programme
Students developing their learning dispositions
as measured by ELLI
Student perceptions that they are developing
their learning power
Structure of Today’s Session
2 groups to define ‘strong’ students and 2
groups to define ‘weak’ students
Feedback on definitions
Introduction to the 7 dimensions of learning
power and examples of initiatives
Groups to consider further initiatives to develop
different dimensions
Feedback and sharing ideas
Seven Dimensions of
Learning Power
► Changing
and learning*
► Meaning making*
► Critical curiosity*
► Creativity
► Being
► Learning
► Isolation
► Strategic
relationships
awareness
► Resilience
stuck & static
► Data accumulation
► Passivity
► Being rule bound
&
dependence
► Being
robotic
► Fragility and
dependence