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The Best of Reggio Education for a Global Future
REGGIO EDUCATION
The Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education began in Italy and views young children as individuals who are able to communicate and collaborate. The environment that surrounds young children is referred to as the “third teacher” in Reggio schools. Children are naturally curious about the world and have the powerful potential to learn from all that surrounds them. In the Reggio Emilia classroom, hands-on learning is the main way for children to explore the world. Reggio teachers employ strategies such as learning alongside children and collaborating with them intensively, which encourages them to explore their surroundings and integrate their learning with real examples.
WELCOME TO AWESOME TAIWAN
Our Story
Since 1993, Awesome Education has been dedicated to changing early childhood education. Our main teaching philosophy draws inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach. Through the combination of our curriculum and hands-on materials, we inject new life and meaning into learning. With the teachers’ support and guidance your child will integrate their knowledge and create an interpretation of the world around them.
In Awesome’s methodology, teachers operate as students’ companions and expose them to a wide range of educational opportunities. Instead of giving the children the standard answer, children are encouraged to explore and be curious, leading them to build new concepts through thinking, imagining and comparing. The solutions derive from the spirit of exploration and the children’s own ideas work to develop their intelligence. At Awesome, we provide an open environment to stimulate the children to generate their own ideas, while we advise and assist them when they encounter challenges. We strive to learn and grow with the children by keeping an open mind and observing what they do. We provide rich materials and experiences to help them learn in this novel way.
Become a Collaborator
The Awesome English education system combines the ideas of expert Taiwanese educators and teachers who are on the cutting edge of educational research methodology. Our team wrote the specially designed and proprietary topical learning curriculum, which meets Reggio Emilia criteria for preschool children. Every teacher at Awesome is a collaborator, listener and companion to their students. Our teachers have both a passion for teaching and a respect and concern for their students. Children become comfortable in the open environment and learn to develop concentration and self-expression skills. They keep their unique personalities and creativity on their learning journey. We welcome parents who share these educational ideals to join us and work together on the road to improving childhood education!
Curriculum and Methodology
At Awesome English Preschool, we apply a topic-based curriculum. The curriculum for each week is an independent topic that allows the children to gain exposure to new and wonderful experiences. In addition to the six developmental domains of a growing child (motor, cognitive, language, social, emotional and aesthetic) we have also added science and cooking into our curriculum. This helps the children explore the beauty of nature through direct interaction. For example, to explore the topic of spring, we not only take our children to observe the change of the seasons firsthand, but also teach them how to draw and record their observations in their spring daily books. How does a leaf change in different seasons and why? What weather and food changes occur during each season? How do changes in temperature affect our environment? These interesting phenomena are all recorded in our spring daily books. In addition to this, we make a self-watering system with our students and plant our own crops. We explore the influences of different water sources on the plants’ growth. All in all, we bring observation and exploration into our daily lives and let the children take the leading role by sharing their thoughts, ideas and observations.
Understanding Play
At Awesome, play is one of the ways we learn. Plenty of hands-on opportunities help our children to understand new content directly, rather than being restricted by the pictures in textbooks. In our cooking course, the children learn both how to cook and about where our food comes from. We take our children through the whole process of cooking, from the source of food to turning it into delicious dishes. Where does our food come from? What are the essential elements necessary for plant growth? We explore these questions with our students by planting our own crops. In our school, each hands-on activity is both a learning experience and a team-building exercise. As we teach our children about teamwork, manners and collaboration, they also learn how to help people in need and how to thank the people who support us, like little helpers, teachers and cooks. We teach them the importance of teamwork and being thankful to everyone who has helped us.
Outcome-Based Curriculum
Instead of simply being bystanders, we would like to invite parents to be our partners and allies on the journey of childhood education. To include and engage parents, Awesome holds teaching activities and performances each semester. Parents are children’s indispensable allies and can participate actively in the child’s learning process. We strive for excellent communication with parents, to keep them continuously involved in the education of their child. To help foster this strong communication between teachers and parents, Awesome holds parent-teacher meetings every semester. We also encourage parents to accompany their children on their learning journey by participating in their performance and topic-based activities, which are held every semester.
The best of Reggio education for a global future
Reggio education
Reggio education的方案教學理念，是將兒童視為合作對象及溝通者！並將環境視為第三位老師，藉由老師與小朋友密切的合作共事，使兒童發掘出許多的素材，藉由這些五花八門的素材來使他們的想法具體成型，讓操作成為主要學習模式。
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WELCOME TO AWESOME TAIWAN
OUR STORY
AWESOME自1993年起，著手於兒童教育的改變，主要的教學理念，是源自於義大利”Reggio”的方案教學理念，將課程結合不同的操作素材，藉由老師的陪伴引導，讓孩子自由地建立新的認知，並將新的感覺結合在一起，重新賦予課程素材新的意義，並與豐富又多元的世界建立新的認知！
在AWESOME的教學模式裏，教師是一位陪伴者，不去引導出正確的答案，而是要刺激小朋友去思考、去想像、去回憶、做比較，然後塑造一些新的概念，所有問題的出發點皆源自於一種探索精神。
孩子的想法是智慧發展的基本要素，而AWESOME教育的基本要素就是提供這樣的情境，讓孩子能產生這些很棒的想法，我們願意接受孩子的想法，並且當他們在智識上有困境時，適時給予建議，協助孩子判斷，並用開闊的心胸來觀察孩子的所作所為，提供豐富的經驗及素材，讓孩子跳脫尋常的方法來學習，並和他們共同學習與成長！
BECOME A COLLABORATOR
AWESOME全英文教育體系，是結合國內兒童教育學者及實際操作者，為兒童量身設計出符合Reggio教學理念的方案主題教學課程，每位老師都是兒童教育的傾聽者及陪伴者，不僅僅是熱誠，更具備了尊重及關懷，且提供一種良好的情境來刺激孩子寶貴的經驗及對話，讓孩子越專注、越能明白地表達自己的想法，並讓在AWESOME的每個孩子，都保有其獨特性及創造力！我們歡迎有相同理念的家長一同加入我們，為孩子的教育一同努力！
CURRICULUM & METHODOLOGY
AWESOME教學採主題方案教學，每一週都是個獨立的單元方案，讓孩子接觸精彩的課程變化，除了幼兒教育的六大領域：肢體動作、認知、語文、社會、情緒與美感外，我們更加入了科學及烹飪，讓孩子利用身體去探索大自然的美好，並將教學方案連結為六大領域的整合，如方案中的春天主題，我們除了帶孩子實地觀察大自然的改變，更結合手作紀錄 - 春天日記本，將孩子發現的細微不同處紀錄並繪畫下來，葉子為何不同？天氣的變化？食物的改變？溫度對周遭環境造成的影響？不同時節及方式所提供之水源對於植物的成長有多大的影響？每一項都帶入生活觀察中，由孩子成為主導者，分享他們所看到的一切。
UNDERSTANDING PLAY
在AWESOME，玩樂便是一種學習，大量的操作課程，讓孩子不侷限於圖像的記憶，而是藉由雙手操作與執行，間接理解課程內容，並分享自己在運作中得到的經驗，科學及烹飪課程便是其中的代表，結合教學方案的烹飪，讓孩子實際親手烹煮食物，由食物的來源到親手料理，讓孩子理解食物履歷，甚至藉由種植蔬菜，讓孩子知道原來食物並非生長在「超市」（因為我們都在超市購買食物所導致的誤解），而是來自各個生長區域！每一種操作都是一種學習體驗，並在團體生活中，加入了常規及互助環節，讓孩子學會為班級付出，及感謝所有支持班級活動的人員，如值日生、老師、阿姨們......理解群體的重要性！
OUTCOME-BASED CURRICULUM
每學期皆舉辦相關教學成效觀摩活動，讓家長不單單擔任旁觀者的角色，而是成為教育的陪伴者及夥伴，在兒童的學習經驗中，家長應扮演一個主動參與的角色，老師和家長的觀念溝通對於新式教育的發展均有相當大的幫助，因此，每學期的家長會便是一個了解及溝通教育觀念的好橋樑，校區也會藉由教學方案，在每學期舉辦相關的活動展現，讓家長能一同陪伴孩子成長，且每學期皆有教學主題觀察報告，讓家長參與孩子學習過程中的成長點滴。