MDN Edify Education designed the curriculum, known as the 3C Curriculum, as a unique tool for the learning of students. This is a three-way approach focusing on important core levers, thus addressing holistic education toward intellectual, emotional, and physical development.
By integrating these three essential components, the 3C Curriculum equips students to excel academically while preparing them for success in a dynamic, global environment.
The 3Cs stand for
Character
Competence
Content
Character:
The curriculum exposes the students towards making choices within situations that they face on a day to day basis. The suggested activities within the curriculum enable learners to
• empathize with the weak and show concern all round
• develop sensitivity within relationships
• understand why and why not while reasoning
• make informed choices
• avoid pitfalls due to jealousy, selfishness, etc
• develop a well-rounded personality in preparation for real life
• to question ideas and beliefs
Educational games and integrated learning within agreed rules, train children to control their behavior and encourage the development of qualities such as patience purposefulness, observation, reasoning and logic.
Under the school’s guidance the children learn to be independent, patient and decisive where the children are taught to reach their goals by dividing difficult tasks into several smaller steps.
Competence:
The curriculum transaction include opportunities for students to develop their competency skills by creating student centered learning environment. Students learn to take on responsibilities through opportunities to explore the society – by holding field trips, journaling, preparing group and independent projects and dramas. Integrated sports and physical education enables the children to self-regulate their emotions and de-stress. Students acquire the skills to learn about personal rights, honoring their own perceptions and increasing positive self-talk, goal setting and responsibilities. 6 key competency profiles have been identified and students are guided to develop these profiles as they steadily move from dependency to independent decision making and taking initiative.
Content:
Knowledge gained without implementation has no standing. Hence the content in the 3C Curriculum not only provides what is to be taught but also specifies guidelines on how it is to be taught. The content is aligned with the CBSE scheme of study along with some additions incorporating International Education. The rich inquiry based curriculum is a significant and relevant subject matter acquired for the real life skills and taught through the following subjects, Languages, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Science, Visual Arts, Music and Drama, Environmental Education & Physical, Social and Personal Education.
3C curriculum is an integrated study of the above mentioned subjects where the child participates in real life experiences. The focus is on application of knowledge through inquiry, experimentation, research and discovery. In this process they become knowledgeable and understand the significance of the gained knowledge.
3C curriculum incorporates 6 Trans-disciplinary Themes that enable the children to construct their learning through meaningful everyday life experiences and perceptions that they can relate to. Thus learning is more contextual, analytical, interesting and memorable.
1.Our Identity:
Learning about the nature of ourselves – our responsibilities, rights and duties, cultural values, and so on | Becoming aware of our relationship with friends, family, communities and also what it means to be human.
2.Our Responsibilities:
Knowing about the relationship within and between people, other living things and communities | The approach to equal opportunities and conflict resolution | Understanding why human beings should share the natural resources with other living things.
3.Our Expression:
How to express our ideas, values, beliefs and culture in multiple forms through different languages and art forms such as dramatics, martial art, dance, paintings, etc.
4.Place and Time:
Learning about oneself in relation to surrounding, place and time | Understanding about homes, journeys, discoveries and about inter-connection of individuals and different civilizations.
5.World Laws:
Gaining knowledge about the natural world and its laws | The interconnection between the physical, biological and human society | the impact of science and technology on the society and the environment.
6.Our Systems:
Gaining knowledge on the interconnection between human made systems and communities – knowing the systems | Understanding the structure and function of various organizations and their impact on society and environment
Profiles of Character:
These are some basic traits imbibed by the learners through a value system continuously evolving for a harmonious co-existence in the world at large.
1- Empathetic:
One who identifies and understands the feelings and difficulties of others and is always willing to support them.
2- Caring:
One who shows concern and compassion for others and takes steps to help them in their needs.
3- Principled:
One who acts with integrity and honesty and possesses a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of individuals, groups and communities.
4- Reflective:
One who gives thoughtful consideration to one’s own learning and experience.
5- Inquiring:
One who shows natural curiosity and is keen to acquire skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research independently.
6- Integrity:
One who adheres to moral and ethical principles diligently so as to act with honesty.
Assessment
Assessments at Edify address both learning and teaching practices. Following the 3C curriculum, facilitators use a variety of assessment strategies, tools and techniques to build a detailed understanding of each learner’s development. Our facilitators assess students before, during and at the culmination of units of study, as well as at intervals throughout the year.
The innovative 3C curriculum is designed in such a way that the facilitators begin each unit of study by first understanding and acknowledging what each student brings into the classroom in terms of existing knowledge. Recording, Documenting and Reporting assessment data is done meticulously, transparently and with great attention to detail and to the individual needs of the students. Assessment data supports teachers in designing learning experiences tailored according to the needs each individual student. Specialists in the field of individual needs also track student progress and share their understanding with teachers of every subject and parents as well.
Evidence of student learning documented through portfolios, projects, tasks, assignments as well as that of progress reports, are shared with parents at regular intervals through unique programs of the 3C curriculum such as coffee mornings, parent-teacher conferences, meetings and open-house days besides student-led conferences and exhibitions. Edify strongly believes that assessments are an integral and enjoyable part of learning and is not distinct from the learning process itself.
Assessment is the process where information on each student’s performance is gathered and analyzed to identify what students know, understand, can do and feel at different stages in the learning process.
Assessment is integral to all teaching and learning and the 3C curriculum uses thoughtful and effective assessment processes by guiding students through the SIX essential elements of learning:
The displaying of Character
The mastering of Competence
The development of Content
The understanding of Concepts
The acquisition of Knowledge and
The decision to take responsible Action.
Everyone concerned with assessment – students, teachers, parents, administrators, and board members – must have a clear understanding of the reasons for the assessment, what is being assessed, the criteria for success, and the method by which the assessment is made.