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What is Transdisciplinary Learning?
We embrace a dynamic approach to education that goes beyond traditional subject boundaries. Transdisciplinary learning seamlessly integrates various disciplines, encouraging students to explore real-world connections and solve complex problems by drawing on knowledge from multiple areas.
Key Features of Transdisciplinary Learning:
Connecting Learning to the Real World: Students engage in projects and inquiries that mirror the complexities of the real world. By exploring meaningful themes, students gain a holistic understanding that goes beyond individual subjects.
Collaborative Exploration: Transdisciplinary learning encourages collaboration. Students work together, pooling their diverse skills and perspectives to address challenges, fostering a sense of community and teamwork.
Nurturing Critical Thinkers: Through transdisciplinary learning, we cultivate critical thinking skills. Students learn to analyze information, make connections, and apply their knowledge in innovative ways, preparing them for the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
The Six Transdisciplinary Units
The transdisciplinary themes mark the starting point of student inquiries. It is within the context of each theme that students explore related central ideas and assimilate knowledge. These themes engage the learning community in rich dialogues and ongoing collaboration to build an understanding of themselves, their wider community and the world.
1. Who We Are: An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; person, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
2. Where We Are in Place and Time: An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationship between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
3. How We Express Ourselves: An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.
4. How the World Works: An inquiry into the natural world and its laws, the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment
5. How We Organize Ourselves: An inquiry into the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.
6. Sharing the Planet: An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and other living things; communities and the relationship within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.
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