Passport to Democracy

1. Passport to Democracy Pick the skill reflection

2. Pick the skill Effective participator Independent inquirer Self manager Reflective learner Team worker Creative thinker

3. Independent inquirer • Able to function by yourself – to find things out on your own without relying on other support • Showing confidence in yourself and your skills – acting without too much consultation or help from others • Finding information for yourself • Thinking about stuff on your own • Asking good questions of the information you find back

4. Reflective learner • Reflective – thoughtful • Deep careful thinking • Tending to examine your own feelings, thoughts about the subject matter • Spending time thinking about your learning as you’re working • Considering ,honestly, how well you’re doing at a task back

5. Creative thinker • Coming up with new and original ways of solving problems • Being resourceful – making imaginative use of the resources available • Being conceptual or original in your thinking • Offering lots of good ideas back

6. Effective participator • Producing an intended result • Successfully taking part in activities • Contributing usefully to tasks • Involving yourself in the learning • Being actively involved- not sitting back back

7. Self manager • Managing your own behaviour for learning • Competently handling distractions to your learning • Being organised in the way you are working • Skilfully controlling everything you have to do • Keeping yourself focussed on the task at hand back

8. Team worker • Operating with the shared goals of your group in mind • Helping others to participate fully • Making meaningful contributions to group discussion • Considering other people’s needs as well as your own back