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“Since we cannot know what knowledge will be needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, our job must be to turn out young people who love learning so much, and who learn so well, that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
John Holt
Be an Absorption Alligator
flow; the pleasure of being rapt in learning
Be a Managing Distraction Dinosaur
recognising and reducing interruptions
Be a Noticing Newt
really sensing what’s out there
Be a Perseverance Penguin
stickability; tolerating the feelings of learning
Be a Questioning Queen Bee
getting below the surface; being curious
Be a Making Links Lion
seeking coherence, relevance and meaning
Be an Imagining Iguana
using the mind’s eye as a learning theatre
Be a Reasoning Robin
thinking rigorously and methodically
Be a Capitalising Cat
making good use of resources
Be a Interdependent Insect
balancing self-reliance and sociability
Be a Collaborating Koala
the skill of learning with others
Be an Empathetic Elephant
getting inside others’ minds. a dynamic process to gain insight and understanding
Be an Imitating Impala
picking up others’ habits and values
Be a Planning Panda
working learning out in advance
Be a Revising Rabbit
monitoring and adapting along the way
Be a Distilling Dog
drawing out the lessons from experience
Be a Meta-Learning Monkey
understanding learning, and yourself as a learner