Abiding Heart's Curriculum
The Abiding Heart's Curriculum for Early Years/Kindergarten (age 3-6) and Primary to Early Secondary (age 6 to 14) is rich, fun and transformative at the same time. Teaching becomes an art! We believe that our wholesome Curriculum can help children flourish and grow up to be well-rounded and conscientious human beings- contributors to society and committed to their continuous personal holistic development.
The Abiding Heart's curriculum content is a product of nearly 3 decades of research, study and collecting and creating resources, lessons, activities, and literature in 17 different subjects in primary to early secondary (age 6 to 14) and more than 10 other themes for early years (age 3-6). Our Curriculum is rich, joyful and nourishing both to children and educators. It is also a culmination of knowledge and experience of decades of dedicated work by experienced kindergarten and primary school teachers, special needs teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum developers, and other pedagogical specialists, working in many different cultural and socio-economic settings around the world.
The Abiding Heart’s Curriculum include contemplative studies-immersed: circle time, storytelling, puppet shows, indoor and outdoor play, language learning, physical education and gardening, all in line with best practices in early years and primary to early secondary education.
Over the schooling years, children engage in awareness and mindfulness meditation, awe and wonder, heritage arts and crafts, cultural studies, the sciences, sustainability and environmental studies, humanities, geography and sense of place, social studies, history, contemplative studies, contemplative movement, music (playing musical instruments), singing, woodwork, stone carving, metal work, literacy, maths and numeracy, creative writing, literature and poetry, contemplative studies and literature, visual arts, performing arts, handwork, crafts, heritage learning, horticulture science, home economics, and life skills and self care. Music, arts and movement are interwoven into the subject areas.
At the same time, the Abiding Heart’s Curriculum is designed to be flexible to meet the country’s national curriculum guidelines to ensure that the children’s education prepares them for living and working when they become adults.
The Abiding Heart’s Education uniqueness is that it is inspired by worldwide contemplative traditions rooted in ancient wisdom rather than on prevailing education systems or worldview. It places the emphasis on developing wisdom and compassion that is to be lived in the classroom and in our personal life. This transformational approach to learning is grounded in a process that nurtures the learners’ changing consciousness and fosters autonomy and ownership in teachers. Our curriculum interlinks all aspects of learning and knowing and advocates for self transformation by bringing about a shift in how children learn and experience the world.
The methodology of delivering our curriculum is based on a fusion of various learning and teaching approaches: contemplative, transformative education framework and experiential approach to learning. The Abiding Heart’s curriculum is delivered through twelve to fifteen main lessons thematic learning blocks in each year group, one of which is the production of a class play.
Abiding Heart's teacher education courses prepare trainees with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding of this unique transformative education for early years (age 3-6), primary and early secondary (age 6-14), and also provide training in caring for and supporting children’s wellbeing. It is impossible to implement the Abiding Heart's curriculum without attending our teacher education courses. Therefore, the Abiding Heart Education approach is an interdependence of our unique children’s transformational pedagogy delivered through our teacher education courses.
Our teacher education courses interweave academic lectures, practical curriculum studies, heritage and experiential art classes, and meditation classes, all of which are necessary skills required for teachers to teach our curriculum. Our courses include a detailed preparation on how to teach our curriculum's rich material and resources. This learning approach brings transformational learning into the everyday reality of children.
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Abiding Heart's Primary to Early Secondary
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