Enterprise and interdisciplinary learning - let’s talk good business …..

1. Enterprise and interdisciplinary learning - let’s talk good business….. Peter Eavers peter.eavers@hmie.gsi.gov.uk Bill Geddes bill.geddes@hmie.gsi.gov.uk

2. A few ideas to share… • Ethics in business in the new millennium • Big learning ideas and the role of enterprise • The interdisciplinary instincts of learning • Making a difference

3. Ethics in business in the new millennium • Ethics in the business of learning • Role models and human frailties • Anger and emotional maturity • Ethically ACTIVE, and actively ethical

4. Big learning ideas and the role of enterprise • CfE is about big ideas • People as individuals, learners, citizens and contributors • All the better for enterprise

5. The interdisciplinary instincts of learning • Baseline; literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing…(remember core skills??) • Features of Curriculum for Excellence – the aspiration for excellence; depth; curriculum as every planned activity, with IDL given top billing

6. Why interdisciplinary learning? • makes connections • provides relevance, challenge, enjoyment • stimulating contexts to meet varied needs • deepens understanding • makes the curriculum more coherent and meaningful • opportunities to work with partners • promotes wider involvement in society reflects the world we live in

7. Effective interdisciplinary learning... • can take various forms • is planned around clear purposes • is based upon experiences and outcomes • ensures progression in skills, knowledge and understanding • can provide opportunities for mixed-stage learning

8. Effective enterprise learning... • can take various forms • is planned around clear purposes • is based upon experiences and outcomes • ensures progression in skills, knowledge and understanding • can provide opportunities for mixed-stage learning

9. Effective interdisciplinary learning... • Think Learning • Then Links

10. Enterprising Sciences and Technologies Take me to the ideas maps

11. Making a difference • Aim high and think global • Build on what you know works – learner teams/committees, teacher learning communities, partnerships • Deliver the goods…

12. A hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how much you had in your bank account, or what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because you were important in the life of a child. Margaret Fishback Powers