An excellent learning experience, one informed by the relationships, principles and assessment practices described in this Policy, will include most of the following most of the time:
- People welcoming other people, enjoying each others’ company and having fun through challenge and hard work
- Learners reviewing prior work, making choices and agreeing what needs to be done, how it is to be done, where and when it is to be done using appropriate resources including ICT
- Learners leading - asking each other meaningful questions which require thought, engaging in dialogue as a class and in groups, modelling processes and demonstrating knowledge and skills to each other and other audiences
- Learners understanding and sharing standards, self and peer assessing, receiving meaningful feedback about what has been achieved and agreeing next steps to improve.
We can find more detailed descriptions of very good practice in The Journey to Excellence Parts 2 and 3, in The Child at the Centre, How Good is our Community Learning and Development? and in the seven principles of Curriculum for Excellence’s Building the Curriculum 3.