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Why NIS puts every child at the center and uses the principle of ‘compete with yourself’
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In the future, all children will
COMPETE WITH THEMSELVES.
At NIS, they already do.
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NIS treats every child as special. We believe this is possible to accomplish only
when we do away with the old emphasis of our education on competition (and comparison)
with others to competition (and comparison) with oneself (or one’s personal baseline).
Have I done my personal best? Can I do any better? What do I need to do next? These
are the most pertinent of all questions we should be asking our children.
Comparison with others is so ingrained in our mind-sets, it is hard to think and
do differently. At NIS, we have made this our main focus.
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Every child receives study materials at his / her level in addition to the class
level.
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Every child also receives six personalized reports a year which highlight areas
of need and improvement of an individual child.
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Instead of suggesting that you are good if you do well in relation to other students,
we use a different language. We are more concerned with the individual child and
in knowing if they have done their PERSONAL BEST. Two main questions we ask are:
i) “Can you improve this any further?” and “What do you need to do next (in your
learning process)?” We are interested to know if every child knows what s/he needs
to do next. Evidence also supports that emphasis should be on self-analysis, self-knowledge,
personal goal setting and commitment to the next set of goals. This is accompanied
with the feeling, “Yes, I know I can!”
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Daily positive reinforcement nurtures every child’s self-confidence. Research shows
of all factors that affect learning outcomes, the most important is positive reinforcement
with an effect size of 1.13 (Meta-analysis of 800 studies by John Hattie).
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Early intervention is possible by both teachers and parents with the personalized
attention and reports. So if a child is showing any areas of lack, behavior, motivation,
study-wise, etc., the teachers can take corrective action immediately with the support
of the parents. Frequent and timely feedback empowers children with self-knowledge,
self-analysis and self-reflection skills. Children in Nurture often are able to
tell themselves, which thing they did well and where they feel they can improve.
Timely and corrective feedback has a very large effect size of 0.72. It is one of
the most important contributing factors to individual student success (John Hattie
and others).
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WHY COMPETE WITH YOURSELF?
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In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person in human history to run a sub-four
minute mile. After Roger made the world record for the first time, 16 others did
it following him that same year and 200 others in the next 3 years! Roger competed
with himself. Competition with oneself comes before competition with others and
is more powerful. As Roger has shown and history has witnessed, people who compete
with themselves the most, . The principle of ‘Compete with Yourself’ brings out
greater excellence in all children. It creates an intrinsic motivation in every
child to succeed.
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WHAT IS A GOOD EDUCATION?
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People world over the world are wondering, “What is a GOOD EDUCATION?”
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WHAT IS A GOOD EDUCATION?
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People world over the world are wondering, “What is a GOOD EDUCATION?”
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Contact Us
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Nurture International Pre School
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No-171, 2nd Cross, Opposite Cambridge School,
Suncity Layout JP Nagar, 7th Phase, Bangaluru - 560078
Phone No.: +91- 9880771939, +91- 9880771949
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