Personalised Learning 
Concept, Purpose 
& Classroom Ideas
Concept 
Personalised Learning is a dynamic concept 
Personalised Learning is not a matter of 
tailoring curriculum, teaching and assessment 
to ‘fit’ the individual, but is a question of 
developing social practices that enable people 
to become all that they are capable of 
becoming. p7 TLRP http://www.tlrp.org/documents/personalised_learning.pdf
Students 
Through personalised learning the student should be able to... 
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Essential Elements 
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Classroom 
Pointers for practice: 
> Give pupils opportunities to decide their own learning 
objectives 
> Provide guidance on asking questions, giving feedback and 
using criteria to help pupils assess their own and one another’s 
learning 
> Give pupils opportunities to assess one another’s work 
p7 TLRP http://www.tlrp.org/documents/personalised_learning.pdf
Characteristics 
Personalized Learning A Guide for Engaging Students with 
Technology ISBN: 9781564843524 ISTE
What’s the difference?
More of… Less of...
Questions?

Personalised learning 101

Editor's Notes

  • #5 Choice - giving options to students based on their needs, interests, and abilities. It also includes giving students some level of control over the pace and path of their learning. Pace - Students move at a pace that is appropriate for their readiness levels and needs. Path - Students will master many of the same concepts, but the paths that lead them there will look different. Mode - Students learn in a way that is optimized for their learner profiles. Data - Data must be valid and actionable for teachers and students. It must come from assessments that are reliable, frequent, authentic, and rigorous.
  • #8 What is similar between IB philosophy of teaching and learning? What is different?
  • #9 What can you begin to do more of? What do you need to do less of?