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31 lessons · 29 frameworks · 18 countries

LessonIB, ATLOECD Learning CompassUNESCO SELWHO life skillsInner Development Goals
Letting people be who they areAcceptance Radical care
Social collaboration skills (practising empathy)Skills social and emotional skills (empathy)EmpathyCompassion (holding space without judgement)Empathy understanding and accepting others as they areInterpersonal relationship skills relating in positive waysRelating Empathy and CompassionCollaborating Inclusive Mindset and Intercultural Competence
Say the good part out loudAffirmation Positive emotion
Social collaboration skills (helping others to succeed)Communication communication skills (giving and receiving meaningful feedback)Skills social and emotional skills (empathy, collaboration)EmpathyEffective communication expressing appreciation specifically and sincerelyInterpersonal relationship skillsRelating AppreciationCollaborating Communication Skills
What would a forest do?Bioinspiration Bioempathy
Thinking creative thinking skills (unusual connections, metaphors and analogies)Transformative competencies creating new valueSkills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (creative thinking)—Creative thinking looking beyond direct experience to respond adaptivelyCritical thinking testing where a comparison stopsThinking CreativityRelating Connectedness
A pause you carry with youBreathing Awareness
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness awareness, emotional management)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Core foundations social and emotional foundations (emotional regulation)Mindfulness (breath awareness and physiological regulation)Coping with stress learning how to relax so that tension does not buildCoping with emotionsBeing PresenceBeing Self-Awareness
Making room for every voiceCollaboration Community
Social collaboration skills (encouraging others to contribute)Skills social and emotional skills (collaboration)Student agency co-agencyEmpathyInterpersonal relationship skills helping a group work well togetherEffective communication expressing and inviting viewsCollaborating Co-Creation SkillsCollaborating Communication Skills
Self-management affective skills (perseverance)Student agencyTransformative competencies taking responsibilityMindfulness (sustaining attention on what matters)Self-awareness knowing what one valuesDecision making weighing options when a plan needs to changeBeing Inner CompassActing Resilience
The connections in this roomCommunity-building Community
Social collaboration skills (practising empathy)Skills social and emotional skills (empathy, collaboration)Student agency co-agencyEmpathyInterpersonal relationship skills making and keeping friendly relationshipsEmpathy accepting others who are differentRelating ConnectednessCollaborating Relationship-Building Skills
Kindness that respondsCompassion Radical care
Social collaboration skills (practising empathy)Skills social and emotional skills (empathy)Compassion (prosocial action)EmpathyEmpathy imagining another's situation and encouraging care for people in needCoping with emotionsRelating Empathy and Compassion
The pleasure of not knowing yetCuriosity Positive emotion
Thinking creative thinking skills (asking what if questions)Thinking critical thinking skills (forming questions)Core foundations social and emotional foundations (open-mindedness)Skills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (learning-to-learn)Critical Inquiry (open, unhurried questioning)Mindfulness (attention regulation)Creative thinking looking beyond direct experienceCritical thinking examining experience with open questionsBeing Openness and Learning Mindset
Choosing how you use your phoneDigital agency Digital consciousness
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness awareness)Research media literacy skills (informed choices about viewing)Student agencyCore foundations health foundationsMindfulness (attention regulation)Critical Inquiry (examining how apps shape attention)Critical thinking assessing how media and design influence behaviourDecision making choosing in line with one's valuesBeing Inner CompassBeing Self-Awareness
Deciding when technology gets your attentionDigital boundaries Digital consciousness
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness awareness)Self-management organisation skills (using technology effectively)Transformative competencies taking responsibilityCore foundations health foundationsStudent agencyMindfulness (attention regulation)Decision making choosing a realistic limitCoping with stress changing one's environment or lifestyleBeing PresenceBeing Inner Compass
Choosing what deserves your attentionDigital discernment Digital consciousness
Research media literacy skillsCore foundations cognitive foundations (digital literacy and data literacy)Skills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (critical thinking)Critical Inquiry (sorting trustworthy from unreliable content)Critical thinking analysing information and recognising the influence of the mediaDecision making trust, check or let goThinking Critical Thinking
Noticing what is already hereGratitude Positive emotion
Self-management affective skills (self-motivation)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Mindfulness (noticing what is good now)Empathy (noticing others' unseen work)Self-awareness recognising what one values and would missEmpathy noticing the unseen work of othersRelating Appreciation
Looking beneath the first answerInquiry Liberatory learning
Thinking critical thinking skills (recognising assumptions and bias, considering multiple perspectives)Skills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (critical thinking, learning-to-learn)Student agencyCritical Inquiry (moving from surface ideas to root causes)Critical thinking analysing information and experiences, recognising assumptionsProblem solving looking for root causesThinking Critical ThinkingThinking Perspective Skills
How do you want to meet what comes next?Intention-setting Ritualising
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness)Self-management organisation skills (setting challenging and realistic goals)Student agency and co-agencyTransformative competencies taking responsibilityAnticipation-Action-Reflection cycle (anticipation)Mindfulness (attention regulation)Self-awareness recognising what matters to oneselfCoping with stress meeting pressure with a chosen way of taking partBeing Inner CompassBeing Self-Awareness
Self-management affective skills (self-motivation)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Mindfulness (savouring positive moments)Self-awareness recognising one's desires and dislikes, including what brings enjoymentRelating AppreciationBeing Presence
A small thing that helpsKindness Radical care
Social collaboration skills (practising empathy)Skills social and emotional skills (empathy)Transformative competencies taking responsibilityCompassion (small, everyday prosocial acts)EmpathyEmpathy encouraging caring behaviour towards othersInterpersonal relationship skills relating in positive waysRelating Empathy and CompassionCollaborating Relationship-Building Skills
What it means to be heardListening Community
Social collaboration skills (listening actively to other perspectives)Communication communication skillsSkills social and emotional skills (empathy, collaboration)EmpathyMindfulness (attention regulation)Effective communication listening and reflecting back what was saidInterpersonal relationship skillsCollaborating Communication SkillsRelating Empathy and Compassion
Belonging to the living worldNature sensitivity Bioempathy
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness awareness)—Mindfulness (attention regulation)Critical thinking separating what is observed from what is imaginedCreative thinking imagining another perspectiveRelating ConnectednessBeing Presence
Self-management affective skills (emotional management, self-motivation)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Attitudes and valuesMindfulness (attention regulation)Coping with stress recognising sources of pressure and making room to restBeing Self-AwarenessBeing Presence
Letting an ordinary day countOrdinariness Accomplishments
Self-management affective skills (emotional management, self-motivation)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Mindfulness (noticing small, ordinary moments)Critical thinking assessing pressures to stand out, such as media and comparisonSelf-awareness recognising one's own characterRelating AppreciationBeing Presence
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness awareness, emotional management)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Core foundations social and emotional foundations (emotional regulation)Mindfulness (pausing to regulate attention and body)Coping with emotions making room to respond rather than reactCoping with stress learning how to relaxBeing Presence
Returning to where you arePresence Awareness
Self-management affective skills (mindfulness awareness)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Core foundations social and emotional foundations (emotional regulation)Mindfulness (noticing attention drift and returning to an anchor)Self-awareness noticing where one's attention isCoping with stress grounding attention in the presentBeing Presence
For the sake of what?Purpose Meaning
Self-management reflection skillsSelf-management organisation skills (planning towards personal goals)Attitudes and valuesStudent agency & co-agencyCritical Inquiry (tracing actions back to deeper reasons)Self-awareness recognising what one valuesDecision making whether an action still serves that valueBeing Inner CompassThinking Long-Term Orientation and Visioning
Social collaboration skills (making fair and equitable decisions)Skills social and emotional skills (collaboration)Transformative competencies taking responsibilityEmpathyCritical Inquiry (examining one-way patterns)Interpersonal relationship skills keeping relationships fairProblem solving redesigning a one-way arrangementCollaborating Relationship-Building SkillsRelating Connectedness
Looking back with careReflection Awareness
Self-management reflection skillsAnticipation-Action-Reflection cycle (reflection)Student agencyCritical Inquiry (asking questions of ordinary experience)Mindfulness (attention regulation)Self-awareness understanding one's own experiencesCritical thinking analysing experiences objectivelyBeing Self-AwarenessBeing Openness and Learning Mindset
What else is also true?Reframing Positive emotion
Self-management affective skills (self-motivation, resilience)Skills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (creative thinking)Critical Inquiry (finding a second, honest frame)Mindfulness (attention regulation)Creative thinking exploring alternative ways to see a situationCoping with emotionsThinking Perspective SkillsActing Resilience
Finding a steadier next stepSelf-regulation Rest
Self-management affective skills (emotional management)Skills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (self-regulation)Mindfulness (steadying attention and body across different forms of rest)Coping with stress reducing sources of stress or changing the environmentCoping with emotionsBeing Self-AwarenessBeing Presence
Finding shape in a complicated situationSense-making Liberatory learning
Thinking critical thinking skills (analysing complex concepts, using models to explore complex systems)Skills cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (critical thinking)Critical Inquiry (mapping viewpoints instead of one explanation)Critical thinking analysing information and experiencesProblem solving laying out the parts of a complex problemThinking Systems ThinkingThinking Perspective Skills
Meeting pressure with more supportStress management Awareness
Self-management affective skills (emotional management)Core foundations health foundations (mental well-being)Core foundations social and emotional foundations (emotional regulation)Mindfulness (body awareness and attention regulation)Coping with stress recognising sources of stress and how they affect us, and acting to control levels of stressBeing Self-AwarenessBeing Presence
Staying with an ordinary hard momentDistress tolerance Discomfortability
Self-management affective skills (resilience)Core foundations social and emotional foundations (emotional regulation)Mindfulness (attention and emotion regulation)Critical Inquiry (examining unhelpful reactions)Coping with emotions recognising how emotions influence behaviour and responding appropriatelyCoping with stressActing ResilienceBeing Presence

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