The story of a modern, progressive, International School; from pedagogy to the personalising of learning.
Yesterday we talked about creating global citizens of tomorrow. Today we would do well to recognise that Nexus students are already world citizens; more connected, with more choice and greater access to information outside the classroom than every before.
Children are individuals; on the whole they do not fit into a one size fits all factory model and education is not about filling children full of as many facts as we can in a lesson. If learners of any age are not emotionally engaged with the subject matter, they simply switch off.
Of course technology has changed the way we teach.
Think of it as having removed the walls of the classroom. Everyone has a MacBook; and we’re all connected to the Internet; which means we have access to all sorts of information and knowledge outside of the immediate environment of the lecture theatre. Very often we see that this kind of curiosity and exploration continues even after the pupils have left the classroom.
This is interesting because it means we’re able to construct the learning with the pupils.
But sometimes – and this is the beauty of technology – we’ll see things go off at an unexpected tangent, which in turn creates new learning.
So technology has changed what we do and how we do it at a fundamental level – it’s less about what we CAN learn, and more about how we would PREFER to learn.
What is meant by character?
What are the qualities that make successful people?
And how do you balance this with the needs and good of the collective?
How does this play into the educational environment?