DLRC PHILOSOPHY AND PEDAGOGY

Our pedagogy is ‘Head, Heart and Hands’. Holistic learning happens with the involvement of all three. We believe in rigorous planning – from daily lesson plans to an overarching yearly plan that functions as an anchor. We call our educators ‘facilitators’ rather than teachers because that’s how our classrooms are run. Every lesson plan has a warm-up activity, the main lesson and practice which encourages student interaction, peer feedback, discussion and involvement. Our student:teacher ratio is 12:1.

What is “Syllabus”?

Syllabus: A syllabus is a guide to a course and what will be expected of the learner in the course. Generally it includes course policies, rules and regulations, required texts, and a schedule of assignments. At DLRC our approach to syllabi is the following:

From K-8, we follow some guidelines from the Cambridge Learning Outcomes in English, Science & Mathematics but use a variety of textbooks after a careful study of what works best. In other subjects - Hindi, SST, Sports, Form Drawing & Design Lab - we have devised our own spiral syllabi and learning outcomes that align with our philosophy.
In High School (G09 through G12), we follow the Cambridge IGCSE and AS/A Level syllabus (for the chosen subjects).

What is our Curriculum?

Curriculum: Theoretically, curriculum refers to what is offered by an educational institution as a complete program. It contains the teaching methods, lessons, assignments, physical and mental exercises, activities, projects, study material, tutorials, presentations, assessments, learning objectives, and so on. Hence, Curriculum is the combination of the syllabus, the pedagogy and the assessments. It is also a loop system that helps to connect the results of assessments to new learning.

Pedagogy + Syllabus + Assessment = Curriculum

Facilitators create the curriculum each year by incorporating innovative teaching and learning practices. There is ample flexibility and space for each facilitator to implement new ideas.