1	Learning in Belvoir ‘What the child can do in co-operation today he can do alone tomorrow.’ (Vygotsky 1934).
2	Learning Theory A "learning theory" is a set of general statements used to explain facts about learning.
3	The Role of Learning Theories Help you understand how learners learn Guide planning Help in the organisation of learning environments Help to understand why different learners learn in different ways
4	The Constructivist Model of Learning Where learners create their own knowledge. Where the learner’s knowledge builds by connecting from new to old.
5	Learning & Teaching in Belvoir To promote the autonomous learner in Belvoir. To recognise that learners learn from a variety of individuals and groups. To implement teaching approaches that support autonomous learning.
6	Learning & Teaching in Belvoir To grow the autonomous learner requires standardisation in planning. To plan for Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic learning styles. To use thinking skills to learn to think outside the box. To evaluate the learning that has taken place.
7	The Lead-Learner’s Role in Belvoir To develop the learner into a collaborative participant on the learning journey. To observe the learners closely both as individuals and in groups. To scaffold learning within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). To match individual and collective curricula to the learners’ needs. To create an inquiring environment in school. To explicitly develop thinking skills.
8	Zone Proximal Development
9	The Learning Journey within the Zone To lead learners to the place where instruction and learning can take place in the zone of proximal development (ZPD). To understand that learning occurs in a place just beyond what the learner can do alone. To promote learning with the assistance and support of adults, peers, and the instructional environment.
10	The Learning Journey within the Zone To develop the goals that allows the learners to do as much as they can on their own. Then to intervene and provide assistance when it is required so that the task can be successfully completed. To strive to engage learners in challenging tasks, which they can successfully complete with the appropriate help from significant others. To promote good teaching through scaffolding where learning always proceeds from the known to the new.
11	The Learning Journey within the Zone To scaffold learning through using appropriate instructional support, processes and language whenever learners begin to approach a task and developing their abilities to meet the challenge.
12	The Learning Journey within the Zone To begin from what is near to the learner's experience and build to what is further from their experience. To start the learning with tasks that are concrete, external and visible.
13	The Learning Journey within the Zone To guide the leaner from concrete learning to abstract learning. To develop competence in learners as they engage in challenging tasks in which they can be successful. To identify and built upon strengths rather than accentuate weaknesses.
14	The Learning Journey within the Zone To engage learners in real everyday activities that have purpose and meaning. To gradually release responsibility to the learner until the task can be completed independently.
15	Use Multiple Intelligences
16	Learners learning to learn in the ZPD Learning to organise their thinking. Learning to think about facts and figures. Learning how feelings and emotions impact on the thinking process.
17	Learners learning to learn in the ZPD Learning to be a cautious thinker. Learning to be a positive thinker. Learning to be creative thinker.