This document provides guidance for teachers on how to effectively teach students to learn. It suggests that teachers should make students curious about the material, ask them to take risks and learn independently, provide feedback on their efforts, and help them understand how their physical development impacts learning. Teachers should also develop a variety of learning modes, help students understand their strengths and weaknesses, encourage sharing knowledge with others, and teach strategies for critical thinking and lifelong learning. The overall message is that effective teaching involves not just imparting information but developing students' skills and habits for learning on their own.

1. Teaching for effective learning 3.1 Teachstudents how to learn

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3. What have youdone to makethemcurious? Are theywondering? Do they have time to come to termswithemergingideas? Do theyfeelexcited about whatthey are learning? Are theythinking about how thisfitsintotheir life or their future life? sally07 3

4. How have youaskedthem to takerisks and learn for themselves? Have you made the substance clearsothey are not in the dark? Can theyfollowwhatyou are saying and developit? Are they able to thinkahead? Have yousuggested challenges theycouldtry? sally07 4

5. Have younoticedtheir effort and commitment? Have younoticedtheir good behaviours and thinking patterns? Can they tell youwhatthey are doingwell? Are younoticingtheir effort whichmaybedifferentfromyours? Have theygot a life balance? sally07 5

6. Have we all shared how welearn and go about something? Do youprovideopportunities for sharing? Online? Informally? Formally? Are theyreflecting about how theylearn and do things? sally07 6

7. Have youexplained how theirphysicaldevelopmentisaffecting how theylearn? Somechildrengrowfasterthanothers Some have growth issues withperipheralskills, fine motorskills, hormonal activity, building muscle… Do you mention sleep and good nutrition? Do you know the age range differences and capacities? sally07 7

8. How have youdeveloped a variety of learning modes? Students love videos. Do youincorporate short videosintoyourlessons? Do youallow for studentswhocannotwriteeasily and quickly? Do you have visual and mental stimuli? Do youallow for the artisticapproach? sally07 8

9. Do yourstudents have a clearpicture of theirlearningstrengths and weaknesses? Can theyapproachothers to get a clearpicture about theirstrengths and weaknesses? Do theyworry if theyfind a learning gap? Do theyseek out help and advice and getit? Do they have tangible evidence of theirlearningcurve? sally07 9

10. Have youhelpedthem to appreciate the input of others? Do they know whom to consult for help and information? Do they have plenty of options for getting help fromothers? Do you talk about how theycanget good information and discuss issues withothers? Do theyrealise a problemsharedis a problemhalved? sally07 10

11. Do yourstudents know that sharing isempowering and consolidateslearning? Do they have a way of sharing theirideas and knowledge? Do they have ways of sharing theirachievements and finishedproducts? Do they know thatteachingotherswill help themlearn? Do they have opportunities for publishingtheirwork? sally07 11

12. Do you help studentswith time management and organisation? Do you do a walkthrough of time planning for anygivenassignment? Do you show them how to makeiteasier on themselves? Do youdiscuss as a class the best practices for tacklingsomething? Do you have group brainstorming and problemsolving sessions? sally07 12

13. Have youhelpedyourstudentsdevelop a personallearning network? Do they know what a personallearning network is? Do they know the best people to put into one? Do theydevelopsafe online opportunities for developing a learning network? Do youdiscuss how to approach experts and expert sources? sally07 13

14. Scaffoldtheirthinking Teachstrategies for creativethinking Offerways of thinkingthrough a task Encourage reflectionsotheycanseewhatthey have achievedand whattheyneed to improve Constantly encourage them to do their best and offerlittle challenges along the way. sally07 14

15. How do you help yourstudentslearncriticalthinking? StrategiesincludeGardner’s Multiple Intelligences,Costa’s Habits of the Mind, de Bono’s six thinkinghats, Bloom’sTaxonomyand Thinker’sKeys. There are concept webs, thinkingtools , feedback sandwiches, polls, mindmaps, wordfields… ‘ scaffoldingtools ’ and ‘thinkingtools’ are whatyousearch for. sally07 15

16. Have youhelpedyourstudents to belifelonglearners? Will theybe able to see the reason for thislearning in the future? Have theylearnedsufficientlywellenough to know the applications of whatthey are learning? Do youdiscuss real life opportunites for usingwhatyou are teachingthem? Can theyextendwhatyou have taughtthem and build on it? sally07 16

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