Sri Atmananda Memorial School, Kerala, India
The teaching approach of Sri Atmananda Memorial School is based on the following paragraph written by the founder of the school:
There is a latent push in any man which is only a search for perfection. Rightly pursued, one finds this in one’s awakening experience to one’s real nature through the atmosphere between the real teacher and the taught. Education
is only an attempt towards this. Atma Vidya Educational Foundation strives to perfect this aim.
–Sri Adwayananda (Sri K. Padmanabha Menon)
In following this approach, the school observes the following principles:
•Creating a relationship of trust,
•Connecting learning with the child's experience, and
•Acknowledging the ways in which children learn and develop.
When a teacher responds to a child in such a way that the child believes
the teacher values him and accepts the validity of his way of seeing
things, a relationship of trust and confidence is established.
Curriculum is then introduced through the child’s interests so that
learning is meaningful and fun. When a child feels valued, development
of all the child’s faculties can occur to the fullest, personally,
socially and academically. Teachers in the school are trained for three
years in this approach by being paired with senior teachers.
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