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Teaching Methods

Our school aims to develop open-minded, curious and empathetic young people who are intrinsically motivated to positively impact their local and global community, creating sustainable change. 

Fostering Curiosity

Curiosity is at the base of learning, the desire to learn, understand and to find out more about the world around us. Without curiosity there is no learning. 

Research shows that young children typically ask a question every two minutes. And yet for the most part schools dampen rather than build on this natural urge to find out. Research shows that schoolchildren show far less curiosity than they just a couple months earlier. Our teachers build upon the young children’s urge to know, helping them become more sustained and persevering in their pursuit of information. 

By fostering curiosity we are making sure that the students are motivated by the will to learn instead of the obligation to learn. 

If we taught babies to talk as most skills are taught in school, they would memorize lists of sounds in a predetermined order and practice them alone in a closet

Linda Darling-Hammond

Understanding From a Deeper Level

While wanting to learn is one thing, understanding what one is learning is another. One of the main concerns for many parents and teachers is whether our
students are learning enough content at school. Will students know enough
‘stuff’ to make it in the real world once they’ve graduated?  We used to
live in a world where knowing a lot of information took you a long way in life.
Now our world needs people who can filter through the mass amounts of
information at their fingertips and understand how and when to use it.

 A concept-driven education develops effective approaches to learning; empowering young people for a lifetime of learning, independently and in collaboration with others and preparing a community of learners that engage with global challenges through inquiry, action, and reflection. 

Concept-based instruction is driven by “big
ideas” rather than subject-specific content. By leading students to consider
the context in which they will use their understanding, concept-based learning
brings “real world” meaning to content knowledge and skills. We too often
assume that if students knew and did, they would understand. Unfortunately,
this is not the case. These days, facts are easily and inexpensively
‘knowable’. However, they often remain distinct and without any connection to
each other, except through the strategy of grouping them into topics. This is
where most educational systems stop. A concept-based education goes on to ask,
what do these facts mean? How are they related?  Yes, content is still
learned, but with the emphasis on students learning how to ask questions that will
help them develop a better understanding of any particular subject area.

Working Together

Teamwork will help kids communicate with others, increase their social skills and self-confidence, and help them to develop into happier adults. Teamwork also teaches kids important skills and life lessons. 

Therefore, we use a dynamic classroom setup where the children are encouraged to learn with and from each other. 

Learning to work together has many benefits, including; learning how to formulate their opinions clearly, learning to listen to other people, learn how to work together and develop social skills.