Learning About Learning

Illustrative movies

Movie still of high school pupils drawing posters in a group

Collaboration: a whole school approach

Watch as staff and pupils within a secondary school talk about the key features and benefits of critical skills. A whole school approach to collaborative learning is discussed.
Movie still of a primary school boy working

Collaboration: group working in a primary setting

Watch the class teacher and pupils within a primary school review key features and benefits of critical skills. The emphasis is on collaborative learning.
Movie still of primary school pupils working on a poster as a group

Collaboration: critical skills in practice

Staff and pupils within a primary school review key features and benefits of critical skills. Follow their experiences of putting critical skills into practice.
Movie still of high school pupils reading from sheets of paper

Collaboration: promoting peer assessment

Learn more about the importance of critical skills in collaborative learning and peer assessment, as a class teacher and pupils within this secondary school describe their experiences.
Movie still of high school boys making a poster in a group

Collaboration: revising together

Hear views and opinions from staff and pupils at this High School as they describe the benefits for learning of working and revising collaboratively.
Movie still of primary school pupils working together at their desks

Collaboration: keys to literacy

Learn about an approach to teaching language called 'keys to literacy', which sees children of all abilities working collaboratively.
Movie still of primary school pupils and their teacher during circle time

Collaboration: challenge learning

Witness the benefits of a whole school contextualised collaborative approach to learning within a Primary School. Staff and pupils give their views and describe their experiences.
Movie still of primary school pupils working on a poster as a group

Collaboration: joined up approach

Find out more about the 'joined up approach' taken at this Primary School. Staff and pupils discuss their whole school approach to challenge learning.
Thumbnail from movie of primary school boy lying on the floor

Fostering community links: Clippens School

Watch how this special school works with partners to meet the needs of all its children and young people. Pupils collaborate with learners in local mainstream schools to develop trust, teamwork and self-awareness.
Movie still of pupils working in a group

Collaboration: fostering critical skills

See how this school has been putting critical skills into practice. Listen as teachers and pupils discuss their experiences with the approach.
Movie still of two primary school girls using interactive voting technology

Collaboration: a critical skills approach

Observe as the class teacher and pupils within a primary school review key features and benefits of critical skills, in particular collaborative learning.