To be successful learners, children need to acquire an appropriate set of skills and be conversant with a meaningful body of knowledge. Learners need to know how to use these skills, understand how the body of knowledge acquired is significant to them and be confident in exploring and internalising what it means to them.
Practitioners are not just responsible for ensuring that children acquire skills and knowledge, but that they are skilled and knowledgeable, and that they are also 'thinkers'. This means that children are able to confidently take what they know and apply it in all kinds of situations to achieve what they have set out to do, and to address challenges, solve problems, express and communicate ideas, thoughts and feelings.
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