SUMMARY: 

How do we make education relevant for our children today? Is adopting a child-centered holistic system of education the way to go in the 21^st century?

According to our guest, Kim Day, it is possible to allow children to craft their own learning journey by customizing the curriculum to individual interests, skills, and strengths.

Kim is a teacher with a passion for learning and is curious about the possibilities for creating learning environments that engage children and help them to flourish. She’s involved in projects that innovate within traditional systems of education and is a teacher at Manor Gardens Primary School, a government school in Durban.

She explains how Manor Gardens has adopted project-learning where they’re able to assess children across everything they’re doing, not just academically.

Listen in to learn how to explore and be curious about different learning approaches you can integrate into your teaching model as a 21^st-century teacher. 

What You Will Learn in This Episode:

• [2:36] The imperfect parenting and schooling of the 21^st century.
• [5:15] How to change and allow children to craft their own learning journey. 
• [8:29] How to individualize the curriculum and be creative in how we deliver it.
• [11:13] Kim shares the teaching approach they use at Manor Gardens Primary School.
• [15:26] The magic of connecting subjects together to make it easy for students.
• [17:41] The different ways you can integrate assessment into everything the children are doing.
• [19:36] How project-based learning allows children to explore and learn easily.
• [25:00] How to intentionally design a learning environment.
• [27:30] How to explore with curiosity as a teacher to come up with effective learning materials.
• [32:20] How to be proactive and curious to achieve the best results as a teacher.

CONNECT WITH KIM:

Email: researchwhizz@gmail.com

Manor Gardens Primary School Website: http://www.mgps.co.za

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