Student Wellbeing
ATL Skills : Approaches to Learning Skills
Timeline of ATL Across IB
Activity specific rooms are designed in the academic block to support COIS co-curricular program. Some of these include:
- Pyp : Implicitly Developed - Few Strands
- Myp : Implicitly And Explicitly Developed - Numerous Strands
- Dp : Command Over Skills Implicitly And Explicitly Developed - Cluster
Approaches to Teaching
- Based on Inquiry
- Focused on Conceptual Understanding
- Developed in local and global context
- Focused on effective teamwork collaboration
- Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners
- Informed by formative and summative assessment
Approaches to Learning
Through Approaches to Learning (ATL) in IB programmes, students develop skills that have relevance across the curriculum that help them “learn how to learn”. ATL skills can be learned and taught, improved with practice and developed incrementally. They provide a solid foundation for learning independently and with others. ATL skills help students prepare for, and demonstrate learning through, meaningful assessment.
IB programmes identify five ATL skill categories, expanded into developmentally appropriate skill clusters.
- Communication Skills
- Collaboration Skills
- Self-management Skills
- Affective Skills
- Reflection Skills
- Research Skills
- Thinking Skills
