The Award is now being piloted
How can I achieve the Award?
To participate in the Award you must complete the Registration Form and Learning Agreement and email it to lifewider1@btinternet.com.
How can I achieve the Award?
To participate in the Award you must complete the Registration Form and Learning Agreement and email it to lifewider1@btinternet.com.
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To gain recognition for your development through the Award you will be expected
to participate in the scheme for a minimum of 6 months. During this time you will:
1) Gain essential knowledge that will help you appreciate better your own lifewide learning and personal development.
2) Map and evaluate recent and current activities in your life and recognise their
potential for future learning and personal development.
3) Create a personal development activity plan (PDAP) which draws on your current spaces
and places for learning and seeks to identify new opportunities through which
you can develop yourself. The plan will recognise that useful development is
likely to occur through unplanned activity.
4) Guided by your plan, participate in self-determined and self-managed activity through which you will learn and develop. You will
also be open to and participate in unanticipated experiences and recognise that you have learnt and developed through these situations as well.
5) During this process you will record your experiences and reflections on what you have learnt in an on-line diary or blog. You
will be expected to create your own website using 'weebly' http://www.weebly.com or other software if you prefer, to present and communicate this information.
6) Near the end of your developmental process, summarise what you have learnt and how you have developed and identify further
opportunities for development in your future life. This may be a written account of about 2000 words or you may utilise other media such as audio, video, or graphic visualisations like a scrap book. We want to encourage you to be creative. It is expected that you will discuss and agree the form of your summary account with your mentor.
After a minimum of six months involvement in the scheme, if you have developed sufficient evidence of your own development you may submit your evidence to your mentor. Your mentor will complete a report and submit a recommendation to the Lifewide Development
Award Panel.
to participate in the scheme for a minimum of 6 months. During this time you will:
1) Gain essential knowledge that will help you appreciate better your own lifewide learning and personal development.
2) Map and evaluate recent and current activities in your life and recognise their
potential for future learning and personal development.
3) Create a personal development activity plan (PDAP) which draws on your current spaces
and places for learning and seeks to identify new opportunities through which
you can develop yourself. The plan will recognise that useful development is
likely to occur through unplanned activity.
4) Guided by your plan, participate in self-determined and self-managed activity through which you will learn and develop. You will
also be open to and participate in unanticipated experiences and recognise that you have learnt and developed through these situations as well.
5) During this process you will record your experiences and reflections on what you have learnt in an on-line diary or blog. You
will be expected to create your own website using 'weebly' http://www.weebly.com or other software if you prefer, to present and communicate this information.
6) Near the end of your developmental process, summarise what you have learnt and how you have developed and identify further
opportunities for development in your future life. This may be a written account of about 2000 words or you may utilise other media such as audio, video, or graphic visualisations like a scrap book. We want to encourage you to be creative. It is expected that you will discuss and agree the form of your summary account with your mentor.
After a minimum of six months involvement in the scheme, if you have developed sufficient evidence of your own development you may submit your evidence to your mentor. Your mentor will complete a report and submit a recommendation to the Lifewide Development
Award Panel.
What sort of personal development does the Award encourage?
The Lifewide Development Award helps you develop yourself into the person you want to become through your own experiences. It emphasises the importance of developing knowledge, capability, qualities, attitudes and values to deal with situations in your life, particularly new and challenging situations. The particular aspects of personal development that are encouraged through the Award are:
Through your involvement in the scheme you will also have the opportunity to
demonstrate -
How you exercise your will to be and become who you want to be
How your values inform what you do and how you do it
How your confidence develops
The Lifewide Development Award helps you develop yourself into the person you want to become through your own experiences. It emphasises the importance of developing knowledge, capability, qualities, attitudes and values to deal with situations in your life, particularly new and challenging situations. The particular aspects of personal development that are encouraged through the Award are:
- Managing your own development as a person
- Being able to deal with situations
- Being able to develop the knowledge you need to deal with the situation
- Being creative, enterprising and resourceful
- Being an effective communicator
- Being culturally aware
- Being empathetic and compassionate
- Being able to work with and lead others
- Being ethical and socially responsible
- Deveopment of any other knowledge & capabilities that are necessary to deal with a particular set of situations or contexts.
Through your involvement in the scheme you will also have the opportunity to
demonstrate -
How you exercise your will to be and become who you want to be
How your values inform what you do and how you do it
How your confidence develops
How do I get started?
Once you have familiarised yourself with the idea of lifewide learning, read the guidance document below to make sure you understand what the process involves. After reading the Guidance document the next step is to register. Visit the Registration page and complete the on-line form. Joining the scheme is free.
Once you have familiarised yourself with the idea of lifewide learning, read the guidance document below to make sure you understand what the process involves. After reading the Guidance document the next step is to register. Visit the Registration page and complete the on-line form. Joining the scheme is free.