• Approaches to Learning (ATL)

    ATL skills encompass general and discipline-specific learning skills.  These skill sets help develop students who are empowered as self-directed learners.  

    The following are ATL categories that group skills into transferable life-long habits of learning:

     

    • Communication

     

      • Communication Skills

     

    • Social

     

      • Collaboration Skills

     

    • Self-Management

     

      • Organization Skills
      • Affective Skills
      • Reflective Skills

     

    • Research

     

      • Information Literacy Skills
      • Media Literacy Skills

     

    • Thinking

     

      • Critical-thinking Skills
      • Creative-thinking Skills
      • Transfer Skills

     

    ~MYP Principles to Practice, 2017