Overall Curricular Pedagogy and Assessment

Curricula
The curricula at SIS foster a school education system that builds character and enables learners to be well-rounded, healthy, ethical, creative, rational, compassionate, and caring individuals, while also preparing them well for higher education as well as for gainful, fulfilling employment.

It aims not only for all students to learn, but more importantly to learn how to learn, so that they may become lifelong learners and also have the ability to constantly adapt to changing times. The curricula enable and inspire students to participate in and contribute to society — culturally, economically, and democratically.

Our goal at SIS is to build lifelong learners who are able to transform our society into one that is more just, equitable, humane, prosperous, sustainable, and rooted in Indian ethos and culture.
The curricula attempt to promote individual and societal goals.

Pedagogy
Research in Neuroscience tells us that the brain continually ‘adds’ and ‘deletes’ brain cells. Thus, intelligence is not fixed. The brain is wired to interpret patterns and make decisions, and the associated growth mindset and self-efficacy are paramount in learning.
Pedagogical approaches at SIS are of a wide range, including pedagogy that is more experiential, integrated, inquiry-driven, discovery-oriented, discussion-based, project-based, arts-based, sports-based, and activity-based leading to engaging and joyful learning.

The multiple approaches to learning help to ensure that the effective exchange of ideas across all disciplines allows for more participation, involvement, engagement, questioning, discussion, debate, and writing by all learners in the classroom to ensure the acquisition of skills and competences in languages, communication, and logical reasoning.

Assessment
Assessment too is transformed in parallel to the changes in pedagogy, from primarily testing facts, to testing core capacities and competencies.
The ‘assessment culture’ is changing so assessment at SIS is conducted increasingly AS learning and FOR learning. Periodic assessments OF learning ensure readiness for the next phase of learning and provide for a suitable supportive environment for students when this readiness is not achieved.