Learning Skills Resources

Learning Skills Levels 1 - 5

The core skill of Learning recognises that:

* Learning is a purposeful, goal directed activity
* Learning is an active process of gaining understanding and developing skills
* Learning is socially constructed
* An individual's knowledge and skills are contextualised and do not necessarily transfer neatly from one situation to another without adaptation
* Learning does not necessarily occur in a logical, exponentially increasing fashion
* The emotional and social dimensions of learning are as important as the cognitive dimension

The rapid rate of change affecting all aspects of contemporary life has implications for participation in community, social, training and work spheres. Crucial to adapting to rapidly evolving environments is an individual's orientation towards learning, and the range of strategies they can draw on to assist their learning.

Learning outcomes at Level 1
Demonstrates some awareness of self as a learner
Takes first steps towards developing explicit learning strategies

Learning outcomes at Level 2
Demonstrates some awareness of learning strengths and areas of need, and begins to plan and manage the learning process
Applies a limited range of learning strategies in structured and familiar contexts

Learning outcomes at Level 3
Plans, implements and adjusts processes as required to achieve learning outcomes and begins to seek new challenges
Experiments with new learning strategies in familiar contexts and applies some strategies in less familiar contexts

Learning outcomes at Level 4
Accepts new learning challenges, explicitly designing, reflecting on and redesigning approaches to learning as an integral part of the process
Adapts a range of familiar strategies to new contexts and experiments with new approaches

Learning outcomes at Level 5
Self-directs learning, actively designing and managing learning processes appropriate to the context
Draws on a broad and expanding repertoire of strategies to facilitate personal and professional learning