The new
millennium was ushered in by a dramatic technological revolution. We now live
in an increasingly diverse, globalised and complex media-saturated society.
Emerging
technologies and resulting globalization also provide possibilities for new
exciting discoveries and developments such as new forms of energy, medical
advances, and restoration of environmentally ravaged areas, communications, and
exploration into space and into depth of oceans. The possibilities are
unlimited.
In this
scenario, if think of a school, a mere school, where the teachers teaches
students, students learn from teachers and reproduces at the time examination
is not suffice.
We believe
authentic education addresses the whole person, cultivates the complete
personality not simply equipping student for workplace readiness.
21st
century skill learned through our curriculum, which Is interdisciplinary,
integrated and all the more inquiry based through research based and project
based by utilizing the 21st century skills which are
·
Problem
solving and decision making
·
Effective
communication
·
Agility
and adaptability
·
Initiative
and entrepreneurialism
·
Collaborative
skills
·
Creative
thinking and
·
Critical
thinking
One of our
aims is to help children become global citizens with Indian values and
heritage.
How should
education be structured to meet the needs of students in the 21st
century world?
How do we
now define school, teacher, learner and curriculum?
Schools in
the 21st century will be laced with project-based curriculum,
research based curriculum, inquiry based curriculum for life aimed at emerging
students in addressing real-world problems, issues important to humanity and
questions that matter.
This is a
dramatic departure from factory-model education of past.
We define
new schools, teachers, learners and curriculum as
Schools will
go from buildings to nerve centres with
the walls are porous and transparent connecting teachers, students, parents and
community to the wealth of knowledge that exists in the world.
Teacher –
from primary role as dispenser of knowledge into orchestrator of learning and
helping students turn information into knowledge and knowledge into wisdom.
Learners –
in the past learners were young perons who went to school spent stipulated
time, leant from teachers and reproduced during so called examination, got the
result.
Now it has
been changed.
First we
must maintain student interest by helping them see how, what they are learning
prepares them for life in the world.
Second – we
must instill curiosity which is the fundamental of life long learning.
Third – we
must be flexible in how we teach
Fourth – we
must excite learners to become even more resourceful so that they will continue
outside the formal school day.
So what will
schools look like exactly? What will curriculum look like? How do we assess
students? How do we purchase resources?
How we
acquire and utilize new technologies?
Imagine a
school in which the students – all of them- are so excited about school that
they can hardly wait to get there.
Imagine having little or no disciplinary problems because students are
so engaged in their studies that those problems disappear. Imagine having
parents calling, sending notes, or coming up to the school to tell us about the
dramatic changes they are witnessing in their children; newly found enthusiasm
and excitement for school, a desire to work on projects, research and write
after schools and weekend. Imagine your wards making exponential growth in
their basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, researching,
scientific exploration, aesthetic sense, sports activities, math, multimedia
skills and more……..
Is it
possible?
Yes.
It has
happened. And that happens in The Elegant Public Schools.
To achieve
this …..
Staff
Development….
Student
Development
To Make
aware the parents about the 21st century education……..
We are
committed to Continuous and Comprehensive evaluation from Grade 1 onwards…….
Stress Free
Education………..
Transition
from Teacher Centric to Learner Centric to learning Centric…..
Future
Plans…..
Upgrading
the school to Secondary then Senior Secondary……
Introduction
of CBSE-i
Yes, The
Elegant Public School –A True Indian School with International Exposure.
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