The Empowered Learner Achievement, which is one of four major badges in the Metaliteracy Badging System, is awarded to a self-aware and self-directed learner who has mastered empowering metacognitive and critical thinking competencies and has considered his or her role as a teacher.
Recipients of this honor demonstrate the ability to:
--Re-evaluate needs and next steps throughout the process;
--Use self reflection to assess one's own learning and knowledge of the learning process;
--Value persistence, adaptability, and flexibility;
--Recognize that learning is a process and that reflecting on errors or mistakes leads to new insights and discoveries; and
--Demonstrate self empowerment through interaction and the presentation of ideas; gain the ability to see what is transferable, translatable, and teachable.
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