Teaching Methods
Nurture's teaching methods include personalised and differentiated teaching techniques that involve every child in active participation using interactive, hands on and experiential learning along with accelerated teaching methods. Children learn through inquiry and constructivism and utilise their multiple intelligences. The six cognitive levels of the Bloom Taxonomy are built into the probing process to allow the development of critical thinking skills. Further more cooperative and service learning are fully integrated with a view towards the creation of team players and servant leaders (as conceptualised by Dr. Robert Greenleaf). The outcome is joyful learning, intrinsic motivation, self mastery, self analysis skills, a focus on beauty and perfection, team work and leadership skills, and a desire to serve.
Nurture Processes and Methods draw inspiration from the philosophy and works of Dr Maria Montessori (Montessori Method), Dr Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf Education), Dr Benjamin Bloom (Six Cognitive Levels), John Holt (How Children Fail), Prof. Ivan Illich (De-schooling Society), Dr Howard Gardener (Multiple Intelligences), Drs Jagdish and Bharti Gandhi (world citizenship), and the Global Education Model of Schooling of Dr Sunita Gandhi (as promoted by the Council for Global Education, USA).
Nurture utilises a range of effective strategies for capturing students interest, developing their imagination, and tapping into teachable moments. These strategies include multi age (vertical) grouping flexible time tabling, and teaching practices informed by on going diagnostics.
No Nonsense Academics
Nurture’s teaching and learning strategies empower children to be effective partners in their own academic development. We make use of state of the art learning resources and on going diagnostic tools in order maximise academic progress.
A Comprehensive Approach
Instead of piece meal changes, the GEMS Nurture Affiliate Programme addresses all aspects of transformation at a school for each level the affiliate signs up for. What content is taught, how it is taught, activities and materials needed to make hands-on interactive classrooms, teacher empowerment, school ethos and environment are all integrated as part of Nurture’s holistic approach.
Based on the premise of 'compete with yourself', many profound changes begin to take place and a whole new outcome is witnessed for the individual child and the school community combined.
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Teaching Methods
Nurture's program caters to the following developmental levels
- Pre-Primary Years: Stage of Encouragement
- Primary Years: Stage of Empowerment
- Junior Years: Stage on Expression
- Senior Years: Stage of Enlightenment
Coursework
Coursework is divided into six manageable tiers for each stage of development: Pre-Primary, Primary, Junior and Senior with clear objectives and outcomes defined for each tier of work and stage of development. The emphasis and goals vary for each stage of development and are specific to the needs for each stage, for example:
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