Our Methodology
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"Children are the most precious treasure a community can possess, for in them are the promise and guarantee of future."
The Learning method we are using:
INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING As
the world we live in continues to
change at a rapid pace, so should our approach to education change. Today a
purely traditional focus of education is no longer appropriate. Our children
must develop an understanding for the complexities of modern life, and the new
ethical and practical issues that these complexities entail. It is our duty
therefore to educate our children so that they can become responsible members in
contemporary society. We also must provide them the opportunity to grow and
develop fulfilling personal identities in a safe and harmonious enviro Too often
we provide our children with information missing a useful context, which is
seldom applied beyond passing exams. Children find it difficult to see the
relation between the different topics of one particular subject and more so
between different subjects they study within traditional systems. Fortunately
there have been movements towards development and change in the important area
of education. A drastic change overnight however, seems to be a very unlikely
achievement. Ideally, we will apply methods, which possess the vital
characteristics of an educational method fit for this century, and the
capability of being integrated into our existing classrooms gradually.
One such
method is the Inquiry-based learning,
which guides learning and creative thinking, and provides the opportunity of
developing lasting habits of mind. It can be integrated into our existing
curriculums while the teachers, parents and other community members become aware
of its important role in the building of the future generation. Inquiry involves
asking questions about the world around us and what it entails, and finding the
answers to those questions. In Inquiry-based
learning, questions play an important role. Questions are either posed
by the teacher or asked by the students themselves. The students are required to
pursue and find the answer to the question. They may apply a numbers of
different means and undertake experiments, measurements, hypothesizing,
interpreting and theorizing. This method of learning has proven to provide an
excellent way to teach science and other contents to all students. Inquiry-based
learning does not involve a passive model of student learning. Children are full
of energy, physically and intellectually. The are willing and capable of
applying this energy to learning new things. They are not empty vessels waiting
passively to be filled by information given to them through instruction. They
need to have the opportunity to make their own experience and construct their
own knowledge. School age
children are entering a new and larger world, different from the familiar world
of their families. They feel the urgent need of understanding the world, what it
entails and how it works. They are full of questions and need to discover much
about the world around them, before they can build their own ideas and concept
of it. The subjects taught to these curious minds should therefore not only be
taught as content but also as a process. The
students are able to develop and demonstrate their abilities in a variety of
ways. Accordingly,
assessment in the inquiry-based method is not based on the right or wrong
answer, but rather on the growing abilities of the students in formulating
hypotheses, designing experiments and analyzing the results. Such assessments
are much better indicators of the child's overall development and intellectual
growth than the marks achieved in a test. Inquiry
teaching can be integrated with math, science, social studies, language arts and
character curricula. Because
inquiry-based methods teaches subjects as a process and not just content, it can
easily be applied to the questions that arise in any other core subject areas. An
additional benefit of the inquiry-based method is the development of good
communication skills, facilitated by the frequent exchange of ideas,
interactions with each other and the sharing of the findings and the answers. A
good educational method, needs to possess the concepts and ways that will
promote students' attitudes and ability to make informed choices about their own
present and future style of life. Choices which, will inevitably exert direct
influence on the circumstances of their own lives as well as that of the world
around them.
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