The Village School Curriculum Overview
The founders of The Village School designed the curriculum so that all learning styles are addressed in order that more than one type of student may be permitted to both "shine" and "stretch." That is, presentations contain "something for everybody" so that each student not only finds the mode of greatest comfort for him/her, but is challenged to adapt to other, less comfortable but equally valuable modes.
This integration of styles and processing modes ensures that we are educating the "whole brain." In 1983, Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University, proposed eight different intelligences for a broader range of human potential in children (see below).
Our teachers incite learning by using "brain compatible" teaching methods. With the aid of powerful imaging devices, neuroscientists have been able to map regions of the brain to show exactly where and how the senses respond to learning. Their findings are astounding and validate the use of learning methods that arouse the child's whole brain and stimulates the child's use of multiple intelligences.
The Village School has created a safe and nurturing environment that stimulates learning using teaching methods most compatible with how our child's brain grows. It is this practice that sets the Village School apart from more traditional institutions of learning. This fundamental belief and practice, along with the Village School's guiding principles, vision, and mission, create a framework for designing and connecting powerful learning experiences for all Village School students.
Click here to visit the website of Howard Gardner.
