Program Goals
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| The mission of the American
School of Rio de Janeiro is to prepare young people to be successful
and responsible citizens. The school offers a rigorous English-language
education, consistent with superior American public and independent
schools, designed for students transferring into and out of other
international and American schools and for those who must also meet
Brazilian educational requirements. Academic, artistic and athletic achievements are nurtured and celebrated at the American school and every effort is made to meet the individual needs of each student. Development of sound moral character, cultivation of the joy of learning, and the promotion of civic responsibility are the cornerstones of the school’s educational philosophy. (this is an adapted version) |
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| 1. The Experiential
Education program emphasizes the affective aspect of education, thus
complementing the cognitive focus of the total educational program to
provide a well-rounded education. 2. Experiential Education is also an approach to teaching within the various content areas. 3. EARJ takes most seriously the responsibility to help young people become individuals of integrity and civic virtue. The Experiential Education program includes five distinctive and interdependent components. These components are character education, the anatomy of leadership, decision making, community service, and outdoor education. 4. This program is integrated throughout the school and is developmentally appropriate, becoming increasingly sophisticated in the higher grades. The activities are an intrinsic part of advisories and circle times, the high and low ropes within the outdoor education units in physical education, the school wide food and clothing drives, student councils and leadership conferences, to name a few. 5. In the cognitive area, education is a conscious, purposeful, informed activity. A process oriented approach teaches students how to solve problems. Students interact with their environment and gain insights from those experiences. Experiences are connected and students learn to apply present learning to future experiences.(John Dewey) |
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