Part of PSII’s mission and the mission of the Learningstorm Education Society is to help others follow our lead. We created PSII to serve its learners, of course, and also to provide a living demonstration for those who would like to create a school based on the same principles upon which PSII is based.
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PSII Competencies
Ecological Literacy
The understanding of closed systems, including the relationships of elements or organisms with one another and with their context or physical surroundings.
Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking
The application of skills and techniques involved in effective communication in today’s world.
Mathematical Literacy
A working knowledge of the language of math, including what numbers and other symbols mean, how space (both real and imaginary) can be explored and described through math, and choosing mathematical strategies to solve problems effectively.
Collaboration & Leadership
The application of skills, attitudes, and techniques involved in interpersonal relationships, especially in the employ of creativity, analysis, understanding, evaluation, and problem- and solution-finding.
Critical & Creative Thinking
The awareness and application of different techniques, thought-framing models, and approaches to a variety of challenges, problems, and opportunities.
Cultural Awarness & Understanding
The development of intercultural competency, including the understanding of the dynamic nature of culture, one’s own culture, the relationship of culture to the physical world, and the role of culture on the development of world view.
Media & Information Literacy
The application of how to share information, how to recognize and analyze bias and purpose, and how to use multiple forms of media to express ideas.
Personal Planning & Responsibility
Understanding the balance between rights, freedoms, opportunities, and responsibilities. Developing skills, habits of mind, and knowledge that will allow a person to feel competent in the pursuit of their life goals.
Video & Audio Resources
- School of Thought Victoria Podcast
- PSII Inquiry Process – short animation
- Jeff Hopkins – interviewed on Free Range Humans Podcast (2021)
- Learning Transforms UVic: reinventing education (interview)
- TEDx Victoria 2014: Education as if People Mattered
- Kindsight 101 Podcast: Defying the Status Quo (interview)
- Jeff Hopkins – interviewed on Learning Transforms Podcast (2021)
- Math at PSII (recorded presentation)