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Our Alternative Education Curriculum Model - School of Humanity

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We believe the world
becomes what we teach

The OECD defines “literacy” as a blend of knowledge, skills and dispositions.

Our literacy-based curriculum empowers learners to thrive in today’s world and shape tomorrow’s.

All our literacies and credits reflect the most sought-after workforce skills, key elements for a fulfilling life, and essential tools for human progress.

An interdisciplinary
approach to learning

We know that it takes interdisciplinary thinking to understand our world and tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges.

This is why learners attain credits from the core curriculum in an interdisciplinary way.

For example, we have seen learners learn geometry through design, improve their emotional intelligence through art, and learn economics by creating a society on Mars.

Our Core Curriculum: The Human
Literacies Framework

Every learning experience in our school is guided by the curriculum’s explicit set of learning outcomes captured in what we call The Human Literacies Framework.

These standards, when met, will ensure that learners are truly future-ready.

In Middle School, learners develop set learning outcomes within each literacy, designed for core knowledge and skills needed in Grades 7 and 8.

In High School, Foundational credits (typically developed in Grades 9 and 10) represent the areas we guide all learners to develop.

Advanced electives offer learners the opportunity to go for depth or breadth – taking either a generalist or a specialist approach (in Grades 11 and 12).

Thought

We put significant emphasis on developing critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and systems thinking. We empower learners to tackle problems through interdisciplinary thinking.

Credit Areas

    Foundational

  • Information Literacy
  • Morality & Ethics
  • Systems Thinking
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Problem Solving

    Advanced

  • Advanced Logic
  • Advanced Morality & Ethics
  • Advanced Systems Thinking

    Examples

  • Learners participate in skills workshops on moral reasoning.
  • Every term, learners apply systems thinking to the challenges they are tackling.
  • We offer units on systems thinking such as “Life’s Systems”.

Thought

We put significant emphasis on developing critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and systems thinking. We empower learners to tackle problems through interdisciplinary thinking.

Credit Areas

    Foundational

  • Information Literacy
  • Morality & Ethics
  • Systems Thinking
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Problem Solving

    Advanced

  • Advanced Logic
  • Advanced Morality & Ethics
  • Advanced Systems Thinking

    Examples

  • Learners participate in skills workshops on moral reasoning.
  • Every term, learners apply systems thinking to the challenges they are tackling.
  • We offer units on systems thinking such as “Life’s Systems”.

Our Advanced Curriculum

Our Advanced learners tackle a year-long challenge spanning a full academic year, giving them more time to engage, investigate, and act on the challenge. This will culminate in an extended project qualification (EPQ) and include an extended essay. Learners will also explore advanced skill units allowing for deeper mastery of the knowledge or skill.

Our Advanced Credits are benchmarked against the AP, giving learners the option to prepare for the AP Exams should they choose for university admission.

Globally Benchmarked Curriculum

Our school is internationally accredited, and our curriculum is benchmarked against the Australian, European and UAE qualifications frameworks.

We benchmark some advanced credits against AP (Advanced Placement) learning targets, which means learners also have the option of taking the AP examinations (recognized by universities globally) in their final years should they choose to do so.

Learn more about the learning journey