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Do you know what independent learning is?

Curriculum Skills
Schools quite rightly prize the value of independent learning skills, but students cannot learn independently about things they do not know. Amy Forrester considers why empowering teachers to create knowledge-rich learners is the first step to independence


Independent learning is a phase that we hear very regularly in the discussion around education. It is a concept that is often spoken about as a crucial part of education, a status that we should be aspiring to for our young people.

However, independent learning is also a phrase that has become increasingly abused and misjudged. There are a vast number of definitions and various ways that schools have interpreted “independent learning” and consequently implemented it.

If we are to save independent learning and its important role in schools and wider education, we need to consider what it means when it is at its best – a force for good in helping young people to achieve.

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