About Learning about Learning
Helping young people to become successful learners is one of the key aims of Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland.
Our knowledge about learning is continually changing in the light of research and there is still much that we do not know. This site provides an overview of current thinking on how people learn.
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To find out more about what this site can offer, watch the four minute introductory movie.
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Who is it for?
It is aimed primarily at Scottish classroom teachers and school managers, but will also be of interest to local authorities, researchers, trainee teachers, parents and pupils.
What resources are there?
The Learning about Learning website highlights current thinking and includes:
- movies showing how schools across Scotland are implementing the learning ideas into their approaches to teaching and learning
- video clips presenting the views of leading thinkers in education
- updated extracts from Teaching for Effective Learning
- research summaries providing detailed information about particular areas of learning
- downloadable presentations and resources to support staff development.
This resource enhances what is already available on other Learning and Teaching Scotland cross-curricular websites.
Related links
Using this website
Cross-curricular themes
Visit the cross-curricular themes homepage and find links to the websites.
Curriculum for Excellence
Visit the Curriculum for Excellence website to find out more about the key themes.