How Child-led learning Transforms the Early Years Program
In our popular blog entry, “Questions to ask your children after the school day,” one of the most effective and engaging questions we listed was “Would you like to learn more about math, reading, writing or science in school?” Now imagine if that question were asked in school, every day, and actually acted upon? What if young children, in the most exploration-focused years of their life, could have agency in what they learned in school, and were directed towards where their aptitudes pointed? This is the essence of child-led learning, and how it transforms and informs Swiss International School in Dubai’s Early Years Programme. Learner agency The foundation of child-led learning is the idea that the school should not be the sole decision-maker when it comes to the direction of learning, and that it should collaborate with the students themselves to plan the curriculum. Derek Wenmoth , Principal Consultant at New Zealand-based education consultancy firm CORE Education, ...