A World
Can I look after myself, and the people and things in my care?
What this World is
Practical competence is not a lesser education. Cooking is chemistry and economics; repair is engineering; planning a journey is logistics. And a capable young adult is the point of the entire project.
The Life World is one of ten permanent Worlds in the WSA knowledge architecture. It is not a theme and it does not rotate. Any interest that genuinely opens onto the questions below enters here, and keeps entering here, at increasing difficulty, for as long as the child stays interested.
Knowledge
Traditional school subjects this World covers
Capabilities
The questions
Progression
Age is a signal, never the determinant. Each band describes an intellectual character, and what would genuinely demonstrate it.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
Persists briefly at a genuine job.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
Finishes a familiar task without direction.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
Prepares something edible unaided.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
A record of the child initiating rather than being asked.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
A meal planned, costed and cooked.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
An ongoing responsibility sustained for a term.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
A multi-stage project including what went wrong and the recovery.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
A sustained commitment with other people relying on it.
Knowledge
Skills
What demonstrates it
Evidence of genuine autonomy over months, not a demonstration.
Ways in
An ordinary childhood fascination is the doorway. These are worked examples, not the full set.
Connections
Genuine intellectual relationships only. Real questions do not respect disciplinary borders.
Afterwards
Qualification crosswalk
A mapping, never a claim. WSA does not award, accredit or guarantee admission to anything.
Content overlap is partial; the practical competence exceeds what is assessed.
Overlap in practical and financial content; NSC assessment requires an approved route.
The other Worlds