What are the four capacities?
The Curriculum for Excellence is a way of looking at the curriculum that builds on best existing practices in Scottish education.
It is a continuing process to encourage more learning through experiences to best ensure that children and young people are prepared for the complex world they will be living in when they leave school.
Children and young people are at the centre of learning provision. Our aspiration is that they should all develop the four capacities to become:
- successful learners
- confident individuals
- responsible citizens
- effective contributors
Successful learners
With:
- enthusiasm and motivation for learning
- determination to reach high standards of achievement
- openness to new thinking and ideas
and able to:
- use literacy, communication and numeracy skills
- use technology for learning
- think creatively and independently
- learn independently and as part of a group
- make reasoned evaluations
- link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations
Confident individuals
With:
- self respect
- a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- secure values and beliefs
and able to:
- relate to others and manage themselves
- pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
- be self aware
- develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world
- live as independently as they can
- assess risk and take informed decisions
- achieve success in different areas of activity
Responsible citizens
With:
- respect for others
- commitment to participate responsibly in political, economic, social and cultural life
and able to:
- develop knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland's place in it
- understand different beliefs and cultures
- make informed choices and decisions
- evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues
- develop informed, ethical views of complex issues
Effective contributors
With:
- an enterprising attitude
- resilience
- self-reliance
and able to:
- communicate in different ways and different settings
- work in partnership and in teams
- take the initiative and lead
- apply critical thinking in new concepts
- create and develop
- solve problems