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The Learnership Framework

How to help students become better learners, not just better performers

Discover how schools can move beyond passive learning habits and help students become more aware, agile, and self-directed learners - through a practical framework that develops challenge, reflection, feedback, and real ownership of learning.

Date: Thursday,
14th May

Time:
13:30 (Doha, UTC+3)
12:30 (Bucharest, UTC+2)

Where:
Zoom

Help Students Become Better Learners

Being a “good student” is no longer enough in today’s world — students need to understand how they learn, how they respond to challenges, and how they grow over time. In this webinar, you’ll discover how the Learnership framework helps schools move beyond performance and build real learner agency through reflection, feedback, and meaningful challenge. Fill in the form to secure your spot and explore practical ways to support more independent, confident, and resilient learners in your school.

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Why schools need to help students learn how to learn

In a world that rewards adaptability, reflection, and independent thinking, it is no longer enough for students to simply follow instructions and complete tasks. They need to understand themselves as learners - how they respond to challenge, how they use feedback, and how they grow through effort over time.

Yet in many schools, learning is still seen mainly through outcomes: grades, tests, performance, and completion. The Learnership framework invites a different perspective - one that raises the status of learning from an act to an art, and helps students become more aware, capable, and resilient in the process.

This webinar is designed for school leaders and educators who want to build a stronger culture of learner agency, support students beyond performance, and create classroom environments where challenge, mistakes, and reflection lead to meaningful growth.

What you’ll learn

What Learnership really means

An introduction to James Anderson’s framework and the key idea behind it: helping students become active participants in their own learning, not just recipients of teaching.

Why being a “good student” is not the same as being a good learner

We’ll explore the difference between passive compliance and genuine learner agency, and why this distinction matters for long-term growth.

The three learning zones

Understand the difference between the Comfort Zone, the Performance Zone, and the Learning Zone — and why meaningful progress happens when students are supported to work in the right zone.

The role of challenge in deep learning

Why struggle is not something to avoid, but something to use well — and how schools can create environments where challenge becomes a normal and healthy part of growth.

Productive mistakes and better responses to failure

Learn how to build a school culture where mistakes are understood in context and used as stepping stones for reflection, adaptation, and progress.

Feedback that moves learning forward

Why students need more than judgment or correction, and how forward-looking advice can support better thinking, stronger habits, and greater independence.

Habits of mind that support stronger learners

Discover the dispositions that underpin learnership, including perseverance, curiosity, reflection, flexibility, and courage in the face of challenge.

A real example from school practice

See how Claudia Cochină and the team at INSPIRA School have embraced the Learnership model in Romania and what this looks like in a real educational setting.

How technology can support visible learning

Explore how Kinderpedia can help schools make learning more visible, encourage reflection, and support meaningful conversations around progress, effort, and growth.

Meet the Speakers

James Anderson

International speaker, author, educator, and creator of the Learnership framework

James Anderson is an international speaker, author, and educator who has spent more than two decades helping schools develop more skilful, independent, and reflective learners. Through his work with educators around the world, he has become widely known for translating complex ideas about learning into practical, actionable frameworks that schools can use every day. In this session, James will introduce the core ideas behind Learnership and show how schools can help students move from passive participation to intentional learning.

Claudia Cochină

Founder, INSPIRA School

Claudia Cochină is the founder of INSPIRA School in Craiova and a passionate advocate for authentic, student-centred education. With extensive experience in international education, she has built a school culture that values curiosity, flexibility, and meaningful growth. During the webinar, Claudia will share how the Learnership model has been implemented in a Romanian school context and what educators can learn from this journey.

Evelina Necula

CMO & Co-founder, Kinderpedia

An education and communication entrepreneur, Evelina is the co-founder of Kinderpedia, a school management platform used in over 2,000 schools and kindergartens worldwide. With more than 17 years of experience in marketing and communication, Evelina is dedicated to transforming education through technology and improving collaboration between teachers and parents. In this webinar, Evelina will briefly explore how Kinderpedia helps schools make learning visible and create the digital framework for stronger learning conversations across the school community.

Help students become better learners, not just better performers.

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