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The curriculum at Pallavanjali aims to develop the key competencies of the child in all aspects of life-intelelctual,physical,emotional,social and professional.
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KEY COMPETENCIES |
| There are eight competencies which we believe must be recognized as a set of skills, understandings and processes for education and life. These are: |
| Collecting, analyzing and organizing information
Communicating ideas and information
Planning and organizing activities
Working with others and in teams
Using mathematical ideas and techniques
Solving problems
Using technology
Multiple intelligence |
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These key competencies will provide students with a set of skills, understandings and processes that initially can be used and practiced across all curriculum areas. |
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The 8 curriculum areas are |
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> Maths
> Science
> Technology
> Languages
> Arts
> Physical Education
> Social Studies
> Environment |
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In the concept of students moving through changing contexts throughout the course of the school day, it can be seen that the structure of schools reflects the ongoing change of settings or contexts that students will confront in their life beyond schooling.
These settings may be university, a variety of work sites, unpaid employment, leisure time or personal life.
Key competencies, therefore acquired in a school setting of constantly changing contexts aim to provide skills to compete in a lifetime of constantly changing contexts beyond school.
School practice, therefore, that does not provide training in cross-curricular skills such as the key competencies, isolates curriculum areas within schools. This deprives students access to an already existing microcosm of life in which to acquire and practice life skills. As such schools become institutions that deny students their rights to passage through life.
These key competencies need to be identified as such, recognized by teachers and students, built upon, taught and learnt and documented in relation to students’ progress.
Key competencies for Work, Education and Life
What Students need to know about key competencies?
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> Tools that put general education to work.
> Prepares students for the workplace by helping them to apply knowledge and skills in work situations
> Equips students to move into either the workforce or into university or vocational education
> Not limited to specific jobs but can be applied to all industries and occupation.
> They recognize that all students, must be able to work with other people, solve problems, manage their time and communicate effectively.
> Teaching of key competencies will be incorporated into existing school curriculum
> Teaching of key competencies will make the learning of subject materials more interesting and relevant to work situations. |
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What Parents need to know about key competencies? |
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> Tools that put general education to work
> Prepare students for the workplace by helping them to apply knowledge and skills in work situations
> Enables young people to be more capable learners and more adaptable to work, university or vocational education and in their personal and social lives
> Complements and enhance existing academic subjects
> Part of the existing curriculum and will not involve extra student hours at school |
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What Employers need to know about key competencies? |
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> Tools that put general education to work
> Prepares students for the workplace by helping them to apply knowledge and skills in work situations
> Represents generic, transferable abilities that are relevant to all industries and occupations. |
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