Academics
What it means to be a 21st Century school.
21st century education is about providing students with the skills they need to succeed
STUDENT LIFE
DEVELOPING ENGAGED LEARNERS
A UNIQUE SCHOOL DAY, EVERY DAY
Our lesson planning and syllabus are structured so that every learner would have a good reason to say:
- Every day, I was deeply engaged and satisfied in learning;
- Every day, I gained useful knowledge and core academic skills;
- Every day, I had a real-world experience.
Every day at Jacaranda International is organised into a structured, learner-focused framework or day program. We delineate the day into three distinct frames, creating a meaningful whole of the daily learning experience.
During the Integral Frame, themes support learners’ ever-widening interest and stages of awareness. It is set up to generate enjoyment of schooling and a life-long enthusiasm for learning. New core academic content is firstly introduced to learners during these sessions.
PROFICENCY SKILLS
INSTRUCTIONAL FRAME
The Instructional Frame is delivered in terms of “proficiency lessons”. These lessons target core-academic knowledge and skills introduced in the thematic lessons that need repetitive practice. Careful curriculum scrutiny identifies what these core skills or knowledge is.
Proficiency lessons are delivered through traditional subject syllabuses, including Mathematics, English, and the Sciences in an integrated manner using primarily problem-based learning (PBL). Co-operative learning, multi-level teaching, multiple intelligence theory, and a three-times rhythm are employed in these lessons – strategies proved to promote deep learning. Very careful tracking of these proficiencies and targeted learning support minimises the risk of learners developing core competency gaps.
REAL-WORLD LEARNING
EXPERENTIAL FRAME
Lessons in the Experiential Frame link learners to real-world experiences and take advantage of learning opportunities that arise on or off the school’s premises, for example, the birth of wildlife; the opening of a science centre, the arrival of a national sports team, the launch of a major stage production etc
MAIN PURPOSE OF EXPERIENTAL FRAME LESSONS
- To facilitate STEAM, design and entrepreneurial education
- To facilitate learning opportunities of integrated technologies including engineering, ICT, coding and robotics
- To promote diverse sport, health and physical education opportunities
- To provide for creative and performing art education
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21st CENTURY SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which complex real-world problems are used as the vehicle to promote student learning of concepts and principles as opposed to direct presentation of facts and concepts. In addition to course or subject content, PBL can promote the development of critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and communication skills. It can also provide opportunities for working in groups, finding and evaluating research materials, and life-long learning.
PBL can be incorporated into any learning situation. PBL can also be used to create assessment items. The main thread connecting these various uses is the real-world problem. Any subject area can be adapted to PBL with a little creativity.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
A SCHOOL DAY FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUTURE
PBL and the Experiential Learning Theory go hand-in-hand. Experiential learning deeply engages learners in the learning process where children and young people “learn by doing” and by reflecting on the experience. Experiential learning activities can include, but are not limited to, hands-on laboratory experiments, field exercises, research, interviews and presentations or performances.
Well-planned, supervised and assessed experiential learning programs can stimulate academic enquiry, rigour and tenacity by promoting interdisciplinary learning, civic engagement, career development, cultural awareness, leadership, and other professional world-of work and intellectual skills.
Learning that is considered “experiential” contain all the following elements:
- Reflection, critical analysis and synthesis.
- Opportunities for learners to take initiative, make decisions, and be accountable for the results.
- Opportunities for learners to engage intellectually, creatively, emotionally, socially, or physically
- A designed learning experience that includes the possibility to learn from natural consequences, mistakes, and successes.
The experiential learning process includes the integration of:
- Knowledge - the concepts, facts, and information acquired through formal learning and past experience;
- Activity - the application of knowledge to a “real world” setting; and
- Reflection - the analysis and synthesis of knowledge and activity to create new knowledge”.
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