Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation - What is Resourcing Personalisation?

Charles Leadbeater argues that personalising learning relies on getting young people to 'invest' in their education, that is, to be much more profoundly engaged in the process of learning (The Shape of Things to Come, 2006). To achieve this, schools need to use resources flexibly and creatively, especially in partnership, and reach beyond the boundaries of the classroom and the school.

The Innovation Unit Next Practice project, 'Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation' (previously called 'Resourcing aspects of personalisation'), investigates how schools might deploy their resources more effectively to support educational provision that meets the needs of all learners. The project will inform how the Department and schools think about the management of resources as education is re-shaped around the needs of users - children and young people.

Throughout all the Innovation Next Practice projects we are seeking to go beyond the best of what is currently happening in schools to imagine and develop what will be the new next practice in education. From Autumn 2006, we have supported a number of field trials to address this challenge.

The Innovation Unit is working closely with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) to deliver this project, drawing on their innovative work on developing Design and Research Networks.

Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation has four strands, or domains, within the broad area of how personalised learning is to be resourced. These strands are not designed to be restrictive, but offer a framework for beginning our investigations into a complex and wide-ranging subject.

Using technology to enhance learning

The use of time

Co-constructing learning with students

The learning environment

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