Curriculum Inspiration
Almost everyone agrees that quality education is about possibilities. It is about success in real life, discovering the child’s innate talents, excitement in learning new things, being a good human being and a contributing citizen. And almost everyone talks about it. However, not enough is being done about it. For most children, schooling is about being leashed not unleashed; about being constrained not unfettered; about fearing failure not pursuing success; about rote learning, not deep understanding; about routine and boredom, not excitement and fun; about isolation from community and not engagement with it. THE HERITAGE SCHOOL has chosen the path of educating children as opposed to just schooling them.
Our innovation has been to bring together age-old tenets of Eastern philosophy with Western principles of progressive education from some of the best-regarded educators from around the world to frame pedagogies and methodologies that have a successful track record within mainstream education.
Thinkers and educators who’ve inspired us
J. KRISHNAMURTI
Freedom, awareness of the inner and outer worlds
MONTESSORI
Sense of order, thoughtfully prepared environment
RUDOLF STEINER
Waldorf system — imagination in learning, colour therapy, meaningful real work
REGGIO EMILIA
Natural phenomena, documentation
SRI AUROBINDO AND MOTHER
Inner being, consciousness, love for nature
DR. WILLARD R. DAGGETT
Relationship, Relevance and Rigor framework
JOHN DEWEY AND DAVID KOLB
Experiential learning theory
KURT HAHN
Expeditionary Learning
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (NASPE) AND AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION