Theme teaching and learning as a concept solely depend on introducing new variations in the current education curriculum with the help of increased active learning. The important aspect of theme teaching is that it is not pre-prepared coursework and cannot be taught or divided into subjects. It is an entirely new approach, which has more involvement from the students as opposed to teachers because students lead their learning forward.
Theme teaching helps children develop a complete holistic outlook towards life, that can benefit them greatly. It puts across a variety of real-life learning opportunities for the students by involving them in practical situations that require them to act independently and make decisions.
Benefits of Theme Teaching
Principal Sumitra Mitter, Arun Nursery School believes the major concept behind theme teaching is the dependency of learning through practical experiences and activities. There is no limit to how much students can learn. As compared to textbook learning, the major emphasis of theme learning is focusing on the concept instead of the content available, as mentioned above. This in itself is one of the key benefits. The other benefits are as follows:
Increased self-confidence
Students are no longer forced to learn and study from textbooks. Instead, their practical knowledge is tested with fun activities to encourage them to participate, thus building up their confidence. Arun Nursery School follows this religiously to make its students self-confident.
Better awareness and recognition
Awareness and recognition is one of the essential parts of a child which must be developed in the initial stages.
Enhanced thinking capability
In this type of schooling, the activities involved require dynamic thinking for better understanding and learning.
Longer retention of knowledge
It is one of the key benefits of theme teaching. The teaching module includes visual learning that leaves a more lasting impression on the minds of the students, thus retaining concepts for longer.
Interactive and fun curriculum
As opposed to the previous school curriculum,
books are replaced with in-person conceptual learning. This encourages more
interaction between students and teachers as well as increased chances of
active learning.
Theme Teaching at Arun Nursery School
Sumitra Mitter, the principal of Arun Nursery School put immense work into creating classes and curriculum dedicated solely to the foundation of theme teaching. It involves understanding and learning through practical means using our five different senses. The concept of theme teaching allows better learning of different skills and subjects together. The activities planned and executed by Arun Nursery School include:
Basic Numerology
Number training activities that involve real life objects and things around like counting the number of flowers, plants, pebbles, etc.
Social Awareness
Increasing awareness during playtime in the garden requires the students to recognize the surroundings, learn different pronunciations of things around them. This also helps students observe the route they follow to reach the garden from school, the teachers they go with, and the number of friends they play with.
Basic Concepts
Conceptual learning involves activities that require the use of human senses like touch to understand the concept of dry vs wet, smell to differentiate fragrance and odor, sight to segregate different colors on the color palette, etc.
SumitraMitter ANS believes in providing the best quality of
education to the students of her school and is actively involved in bringing
together new upgraded workshops and training sessions. The training sessions
are targeted at enhancing the skills of the teachers in school so that they can
adapt to new updates in conceptual learning. The workshops, on the other hand, focus on observing and understanding where
each student’s interest lies and help them move further towards achieving their
dreams in the future.
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