Big Picture Learning Resources

Big Picture education Australia has launched a set of classroom posters about key Big Picture concepts.

The posters are designed to help you to enthuse mentors, parents and prospective students about Big Picture.

And, these are the first of many.

2010 Planner poster

This poster is a planning tool for your room.

Buy the Set of Big Picture resources at a discounted rate. In the pack you get six booklets:

• Design Principles of a Big Picture High School
• Learning Goals
• Learning Plan
• Mentor Guide
• Learning Through Internship Guide
• Advisory Guide

And the 30 minute DVD of Yulebrook College's journey to become a Big Picture High School.

Yule Brook College, in the Eastern suburbs of Perth, was like many other schools facing complex educational challenges.

This is the story of how teachers, students and parents take on big ideas to produce better learning for everyone.

Yule Brook College, Maddington, Western Australia uses the Big Picture philosophy of education to create learning that is unique for each student. One Student at a time…in a community of learners.

At Big Picture schools we believe that education is everyone’s business. Learning opportunities are everywhere, not just inside classrooms. Research tells us that we learn best when we’re personally motivated. When we have a passion for what we are doing, knowledge unfolds and evolves naturally.

The Learning Goals have been identified because they each attend to different important ‘learning to learn’ goals of school; hence they are different. However they are not completely distinct categories. Is it possible to be a good at empirical reasoning without being competent at quantitative reasoning? Can one be good at social reasoning without being competent at quantitative reasoning?

This overview presents a snapshot of the design principles of a Big Picture high school.

The central ideas are represented in a clear and easy to read overview.