Unitedworld International School

Textbooks and rote learning aren’t the way learning happens in schools anymore. Today's students are entering a world that requires them to be curious, cooperative, capable of critically evaluating their surroundings and adept at resolving practical, real-world problems. The project-based learning approach to education fits perfectly into this evolving requirement and has made project work a significant component of teaching and learning today. Learning isn’t confined to classrooms at the Unitedworld International School (UIS). Students are given the scope and freedom to explore their interests, pose questions, investigate, probe and translate their understanding into concrete and relevant project outcomes. This pedagogy teaches students to think rather than just learn what to think. This type of education is engaging and relevant to life and practical, as it puts knowledge into action and helps to succeed at school and life beyond school. Concept of Project-Based Learning? Using ...

Education at the school level is becoming more modern at every stage. In the earlier stage it was only based on covering textbooks, memorising answers and preparing the students for examinations. Today most of the teachers come with an approach to understand students and subjects better and teach through activities rather than through books. As a result, project-based learning has a significant place in the modern educational system. Parents today feel more attracted to schools where children can think, share, participate and communicate freely. The learning outcome is not only through written examinations. Today the school is expected to build practical knowledge as well as common sense in children, in addition to curriculum-related knowledge. Learning through experience Students are sure to retain facts and information better if they learn them through their own experience. Simply reading through a chapter and working out some assignment related to it is totally different when compar...