JONK: The Joy of Not Knowing

  • Create a classroom culture that promotes learning through enjoyment, inquiry, critical thinking and challenge
  • Remove barriers to learning and induce an intrinsic motivation to want to learn
  • Embed learner-high-impact pedagogical initiatives as part of the daily teaching and learning routine
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Description

Using research evidence to embrace uncertainty:

  • John Hattie

  • EEF

  • JONK model of learning

Motivate, enthuse, challenge and inspire every child, from Early Years to Year 6:

  • Develop opportunities for children both within and beyond the classroom

  • Dramatically reduce the ‘word-gap’

  • Embed the JONK Lifelong Learning dispositions and behaviours:

    • Curiosity
    • Strategic Awareness
    • Resilience
    • Collaboration
    • Metacognition
    • Creativity

  • Develop children as enthusiastic and intrinsically motivated learners

  • Re-energise and transform teaching, learning, pedagogy and leadership using a JONK culture