The toolkit is designed to assist all school teachers in implementing applied learning across the subjects they teach. It can also be used by teachers who are responsible for offering skill-based vocational courses in schools. The toolkit provides teachers and school leaders with a set of flexible and adaptable guidelines and resources for designing, facilitating and assessing applied learning in a senior secondary school setting. 

Applied learning is an umbrella term that covers different forms of practical education including active, experiential, collaborative, project-based, problem-based, vocational and competency-based education.

The tools include checklists, tips and templates, framed by a set of core applied learning principles. They offer guidance on how to: 

1. support the development of an applied learning ecosystem 
2. create or adapt curriculum for engagement and relevance 
3. build teachers’ confidence in pedagogical and assessment practices that underpin applied learning.