Here is a summary of our learning dispositions and we have created a cheat sheet that you can download and save or print out as a reference.  Learning how to use each of these learning dispositions and when to draw on them helps our students to become more effective and independent learners.

Resourceful

Asking questions of yourself
and others. Being curious
and playful with ideas –
delving beneath the surface
of things.		Seeing connections, sensing
patterns, seeing how things
fit together. Building an
understanding of the world
around us.		Using your imagination and
intuition to put yourself
through new experiences or
to explore possibilities.
Wondering ‘what if…?’		Calling up your logical and
rational skills to work things out
methodically and rigorously;
constructing good arguments
and spotting the flaws on others.		The ability to make the most
of what is available to you, to
make the most of a bad job,
to make independent and
intelligent use of the things
and the strategies that you
have at your disposal.

Reflective
The ability to think ahead of taking action, to decide on a course of action having weighed up what needs doing. It involves spending time upfront deciding what to do before actually doing it. The inclination to change your mind and do things differently in light of feedback, to be flexible and adaptable, to be open to new ideas and new ways of doing things.The ability to think back over what has been learned and how it has been learned to separate the important aspects that need to be committed to memory from the background information that can safely be
forgotten.		The ability to see yourself as a developing learner, to understand your learning strengths and relative weaknesses, to know how you wish to improve as a learner.

Resilient
The ability to get lost in learning, to become engrossed, to be so interested that you appear to lose the ability to see or hear what others are doing or saying.Distraction can be an external or internal source. The important thing is how quickly and effectively we recover from it and regain
focus.		Attentive noticing helps learners to go beyond obvious surface detail, to explore in greater depth.Keeping going in the face of difficulties, channelling the energy of frustration productively. Knowing what a slow, uncertain process learning often is.

Co-operative 
The ability to get lost in learning, to become engrossed, to be so interested that you appear to lose the ability to see or hear what others are doing or saying.Distraction can be an external or internal source. The important thing is how quickly and effectively we recover from it and regain
focus.		Attentive noticing helps learners to go beyond obvious surface detail, to explore in greater depth.Keeping going in the face of difficulties, channelling the energy of frustration productively. Knowing what a slow, uncertain process learning often is.