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VIBGYOR High* is the first school in India to implement the International Primary Curriculum. The
curriculum created by Fieldwork Education, which manages Shell International schools all round the world, is based
on the latest brain research.
Research suggests that 90% of what we know about how brain works has been learned in the last ten years.
Curriculum
programmes
that set out to help children learn must take this information into account.
Each IPC curriculum unit focuses on four key elements:
Learning is about making connections:Interdependence of subjects in each unit helps children whilst
history,geography
and science are separate subjects they also connect in a number of important ways.
Children have a variety of learning styles: Every IPC research activity is designed to make sure that
children can access information in a way that is appropriate to them.
Children have multiple intelligences: IPC has carefully planned the use of multiple intelligences
throughout every unit.
Learning takes place best in a state of ‘relaxed alertness’: The work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has
shown that there
are optimum conditions for learning – a state of ‘relaxed alertness’ or ‘high challenge, low stress’. IPC is set
out to help teachers create ‘relaxed’ but ‘alert’ classrooms. Children’s engagement is helped by choosing themes
which interest children and activities within those themes that are interesting, enjoyable and fun.
Memory is about hooks: One of the key discoveries about memory is that it seems to be about ‘hooking’
what wehave learned so that we can retrieve it more easily. When children learn through IPC programme they develop a
range of hooks to help memory become active.
International Primary Curriculum is recommeded by University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE)
for primary school
program along with Cambridge International Primary Program.
For additional information on International Primary Curriculum visit the IPC website:
www.internationalprimarycurriculum.com
* Currently available at VIBGYOR High, Mumbai, starting June 2008 |
