CORE SKILLS BASIC COMPETENCIES

 

 

Learning to learn

setting goals, solving problems, evaluating and reflecting on completed processes; working effectively, independently and in groups; increasingly taking responsibility for their own learning and work

Personal skills

Making informed choices, decisions and judgements; evaluating beliefs and opinions; taking initiative, acting creatively, producing, innovating, etc.

Social skills

showing respect, tolerance, trustworthiness, honesty; co-operating, accepting encouragement and positive criticism, showing appreciation, etc.

Cognitive skills

exploring, investigating, enquiring, recognising, contextualising, hypothesising, interpreting, weighing up alternatives, analysing, synthesising, evaluating, thinking creatively, creating knowledge, etc.

 

Communication skills

Talking fluently, writing, eliciting, explaining, discussing, convincing, demonstrating , presenting, acting out, dramatising, drawing, showing, displaying, reporting; being clear, concise, expressive, meaningful, etc.

 

Numeracy skills

estimating, approximating, measuring, calculating, tabulating, drawing graphs, charts, diagrams, shapes, figures; using

instruments; being accurate, logical,; solving problems, presenting information; using mathematical language, etc.

 

Information and

Communication

Technology skills

 

choosing appropriate communication solutions; utilising hardware and software; evaluating information; transforming information to knowledge; following ethical practice; interacting considerately; communicating clearly, etc.