At Fairgreen International School, which offers the IB programme, learning across disciplines is an integral aspect of the curriculum among all grade levels. Teachers coordinate themes and units so that students can learn topics from different angles and in more authentic contexts. This cross-curricular learning experience helps students take what they are learning and apply it in various aspects of their lives, helping them gain a broader understanding of a given topic and to find more unique solutions to challenges they are looking to solve. Explaining more about cross-curricular learning (also known as ‘transdisciplinary learning’) and why it’s vital to education, Fairgreen’s Curriculum Director David Gerber says:
“Cross-curricular learning is the way we learn in the real world. Oftentimes, we are presented with challenges requiring knowledge of multiple subject areas. Transdisciplinary learning teaches students to evaluate the skills they have, pull from this tool box of knowledge and then synthesise those skills with knowledge from other disciplines.”
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