Why is it important?
Learning in an enterprising way is important because it helps young people prepare for life.
It's about teachers helping young people to contextualise their learning, making it more relevant to life beyond school. It helps them acquire the full range of skills and abilities relevant to growing, living and working in the contemporary world.
Scotland is currently pursuing its biggest education reform programme for a generation under the Scottish Government's 
Ambitious, Excellent Schools agenda.
Curriculum for Excellence is central to this reform agenda. At its heart, it is the programme of work that is reviewing the current curriculum. It aims to provide:
- More freedom for teachers
- Greater choice and opportunity for pupils
- A single coherent curriculum for all young people aged 3-18
Curriculum for Excellence challenges us to think differently about the curriculum. It encourages those working in education to plan and act in new ways. It also poses challenges for learning and teaching.
Curriculum for Excellence aims to:
- Focus classroom practice upon the child and around the four capacities of education:
– Successful learners
– Confident individuals
– Responsible citizens
– Effective contributors - Simplify and prioritise the current curriculum
- Encourage more learning through experiences
- Create a single framework for the curriculum and assessment 3-18
The intention is to alter the balance between a process that is heavily dependent on content, and learning and teaching approaches that improve pupils' understanding of what is being taught. This is not a one-off change but the start of a continuous process of review to ensure that the curriculum remains up to date.
Encouragement and support at home can help the young people you look after.