Personal Learning Level 6 (Years 9 and 10)
Learning focus
As students work towards the achievement of Level 6 standards in Personal Learning, they demonstrate increasing independence in the completion of tasks as they work towards becoming autonomous learners. They participate in reflective activities that enable them to consider the progress they are making with their learning and to acknowledge their potential for learning beyond the post-compulsory school years.
Students are encouraged to use appropriate strategies to maximise their learning in a range of contexts and to review and refine their study habits. They complete projects that require them to work both independently and as part of a team, and are actively encouraged by their teachers to initiate learner-directed projects.
Using an ethical framework, students address ambiguous and hypothetical situations and gain insights and skills for exploring conflicts and dilemmas. They control their emotions, understanding the negative impact of mood swings and impulsive behaviour on learning and behaviour. They participate in activities that require them to make informed and responsible choices, considering the impact on themselves and others; they may, for example, explore choices for their future pathways. They are proactive in contributing to the creation of positive learning environments, with the expectation that learning continues beyond the post-compulsory school years.
Students initiate and negotiate long-term goals, recognising the constraints of competing needs and priorities, and acknowledging the need for responsible risk-taking in some situations. They work with their teacher or a mentor to develop measures for evaluating achievement of goals. They select from the range of planning and organisational skills and processes they have developed, and use those which best meet the needs of particular tasks. They develop their time-management, resource management and task-completion strategies, by undertaking learner-directed projects which are related to their areas of interest and future pathways. They use, evaluate and modify the criteria they use to check that their work is relevant, accurate and meets task objectives. Students review and amend, as appropriate, their study and revision strategies.
Standards
The individual learner
At Level 6, students work independently to implement a range of strategies, as appropriate, to maximise their learning. They monitor and reflect on and discuss their progress as autonomous learners, identifying areas for improvement in their learning and implementing actions to address them. Students seek and respond to feedback from peers, teachers and other adults to develop and refine their content knowledge and understanding, identifying areas for further investigation. They evaluate the effectiveness of their learning strategies, study techniques and learning habits, and make appropriate modifications. They identify their interests, strengths and weaknesses and use these to determine future learning needs, especially in relation to the post-compulsory pathways.
Students identify the ethical frameworks that underpin their own and others’ beliefs and values and describe how the conflicts and dilemmas they identify may affect learning. They determine, monitor and modify learning improvement goals, taking into account current and future learning needs. They determine the factors that contribute to the creation of positive learning environments and establish, follow and monitor protocols for a variety of learning situations.
Managing personal learning
At Level 6, students initiate personal short-term and long-term learning goals and negotiate appropriate courses of action to achieve them. Students allocate appropriate time and identify and utilise appropriate resources to manage competing priorities and complete tasks, including learner-directed projects, within set timeframes. They initiate and negotiate a range of independent activities with their teachers, providing progress and summative reports for teachers and stakeholders. They monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their task and resource management skills, reflecting on their progress and suggesting and implementing appropriate management strategies for improvement. They take responsibility for their learning environments, both at school and at home, anticipating the consequences of their actions. They demonstrate control of impulses and mood modulation. Students review and modify the criteria they use to check that their work is relevant, accurate and meets task objectives and make appropriate changes to completed tasks using these criteria. They identify and refine the strategies they use to study, organise and revise their work, both at school and at home.
Downloads
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Personal Learning booklet (
PDF - 227KB) - Personal Learning standards table (Doc - 40KB)
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Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 6 ( PDF - 788KB)
