At school, we are looking for ways in which we can help our students learn to be better problem-solvers. One of the ways in which we do this is through our Math curriculum and the way we teach it. While the national Cambodian curriculum seems to develop the students' calculation skills, it tends to teach single method approaches to solving mathematical problems.
To balance this, in the international curriculum, we try to provide children with problems that can be solved in a number of ways. That way, not only are they developing their calculation skills but they are developing skills as problem solvers, decision makers, and independent and creative learners.
As an international school, serving an almost entirely Cambodian community, the decisions about what skills we want our students to develop are so much a part of what we are doing and why. These are not always easy decisions but they are important. While wanting to honour our students' cultural heritage and national culture, we also want to provide an education we feel we best serve them in their future as global citizens as well as Cambodian citizens.
To balance this, in the international curriculum, we try to provide children with problems that can be solved in a number of ways. That way, not only are they developing their calculation skills but they are developing skills as problem solvers, decision makers, and independent and creative learners.
As an international school, serving an almost entirely Cambodian community, the decisions about what skills we want our students to develop are so much a part of what we are doing and why. These are not always easy decisions but they are important. While wanting to honour our students' cultural heritage and national culture, we also want to provide an education we feel we best serve them in their future as global citizens as well as Cambodian citizens.