International Daycare Boarding and Pre Schools in Gurgaon | Delhi /blogs/category/parenting/ BLOGS Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:51:04 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /blogs/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-logo-32x32.png International Daycare Boarding and Pre Schools in Gurgaon | Delhi /blogs/category/parenting/ 32 32 In these uncertain times, do our students require new skills? /blogs/in-these-uncertain-times-do-our-students-require-new-skills/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:51:04 +0000 /blogs/?p=3632 In their article “5 Strategies for Reinventing Your Career in Uncertain Times” published in the Harvard Business Review, David Lancefield – a catalyst, a strategist and a coach for leaders- and Dorie Clark – a marketing strategist and keynote speaker who teaches at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Read more

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In their article “5 Strategies for Reinventing Your Career in Uncertain Times” published in the Harvard Business Review, David Lancefield – a catalyst, a strategist and a coach for leaders- and Dorie Clark – a marketing who teaches at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50- offer five strategies to help anyone reinvent their career: First, explore a range of options, including the unthinkable. Second, imagine your best possible future. Third, build up your capabilities. Fourth, start small. Finally, be ruthless about what you need to leave behind. Ultimately, there are no easy answers, but with these strategies, you’ll have the tools you need to deal with whatever the future may bring.

Why do the students of top international schools in Gurgaon require new skills in these volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times? To survive. To overcome challenges. To be able to respond to unpredictable situations.

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Top s in Gurgaon enrich their curricula by incorporating life skills to prepare future generations for the VUCA world. International Baccalaureate, who had long foreseen the necessity of developing skills in students instead of merely building their content knowledge, is a forerunner in education.

Throughout their studies in the Middle Years Programme, IB MYP students develop their Approaches to Learning skills, namely, Thinking, Self- Management, Research, Collaboration and Communication. These skills are skillfully incorporated into the learning process, both explicitly and implicitly. Students learn to apply their knowledge in unknown contexts and situations and in this process they create a new understanding and extend their learning throughout disciplines.

Thinking outside the box, being creative, self-confident, resilient, balanced and principled, students in top international schools in Gurgaon who offer the the International Baccalaureate are world-ready. They are ready to create a better future, a sustainable future, a future that is compassionate and responsible.

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The distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future, and best-selling author, Bob Johansen (2013), said that “The ultimate dilemma is to take the VUCA world and change it from a threatening thing, which it certainly is, into a world that is not only threatening but also laden with opportunity.”

“An increasingly VUCA world can be perceived as either challenging or threatening to different people in different contexts. One solution to overcoming both threats and challenges is to have the skills, safeguards and tools to adapt to new environments.”

“When equipped with meta-learning strategies—and access to teachers and mentors—humans may very well be in a position to thrive, as lifelong learners, in the same circumstances where machines blunder. Training meta-learning strategies can also provide individuals with a tool—and a valuable sense of agency—to embrace uncertainty as an opportunity for learning.”

Students in top international schools in Gurgaon are given agency to explore the world around them and be change-makers. They are equipped with tools to adapt to new environments. Every unit culminates in service as an action activity which gives the opportunity to develop various learning outcomes. Throughout their MYP studies, students carry out self-initiated, as well as school initiated activities covering these learning outcomes and as a result, they develop the following skills:

  • Become more aware of their strengths and areas for growth
  • Undertake challenges that develop new skills
  • Discuss, plan and evaluate student-initiated activities
  • Persevere in action
  • Work collaboratively with others
  • Develop international-mindedness through global engagement, multilingualism, and intercultural understanding
  • Consider the ethical implications of their actionsSo, do our students require new skills in these uncertain times?

But of course, they do.

Lilit Harutyunyan

MYP Coordinator /Lancers

Citations:

“5 Strategies For Reinventing Your Career In Uncertain Times”. Harvard Business Review, 2021, .
“P貹Բ-ܳԾٲ-ڴǰ-Change-and-Artificial-Intelligence.” Future of Education and Skills 2030: Curriculum Analysis, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2020,

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]]> Be a Good Listener to Your Children /blogs/be-a-good-listener-to-your-children/ /blogs/be-a-good-listener-to-your-children/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 03:06:53 +0000 https://lis.ac.in/blogs/?p=1938 Nowadays, parents lead a busy and chaotic life that revolves around work challenges and family commitments. Parents do not realize that they need to spend some quality time with their kids. This is the time when you can relax and talk about what is happening in your and most importantly Read more

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]]> Nowadays, parents lead a busy and chaotic life that revolves around work challenges and family commitments. Parents do not realize that they need to spend some quality time with their kids. This is the time when you can relax and talk about what is happening in your and most importantly their lives. Lancers , one of the best international schools in Gurgaon, prides itself on imparting important life skills. It helps children to become disciplined, thoughtful and adaptive young adults.

Teaching children to feel empathy with others is an important life skill. To successfully make them understand empathy, you must demonstrate that you are really listening to them when they share something with you. Therefore, they understand that what they say and how they are important to you. As a result, by following your responses, they are more likely to pay attention to what others tell them.

Develop your listening skills

As a parent you if you want to be a good listener, you must focus on what your children want to communicate. Make sure there is no distraction like TV or mobile phones when you are talking to your child. You can motivate your child to ask questions and tell them that an active listener always looks the speaker in the eye. Teach them how to pick the highlights from the conversation.

Here are the tips by Lancers to be a good listener to your children

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  • Encourage children to talk

There are children who are shy, ask them a lot of questions so that they engage themselves in conversation. Parents must remember that children are eager to share the ideas and feelings if they are clear that they hold important for you. Therefore, encourage your children to talk and involve them in positive conversations.

  • Parents must make sure that they are attentive and interested

In this case, eye contact is essential. When your child is talking to you, maintain eye contact. This shows that you are concentrating on what he/she is saying. Ignore all the distractions whether it’s your phone or television. Because they can easily figure out by the way you listen to them, the way you reply or your body language.

  • Be a patient listener

Young children often take longer than elders to find the words. must listen to them patiently as they have ample time. This makes children feel that they are free to speak as much as want.

  • Let your child complete, do not jump to a conclusion

In the spirit of being patient, make sure you hear your child and do not interrupt them prematurely. Let them complete their story and then form an opinion. You might land up to making a wrong conclusion if you don’t give them to finish. This is very important to respect the rights of your child and express their opinions.

  • Watch and listen to your child

A lot of children do not express themselves verbally. Therefore, parents must watch them and pay attention to their facial expressions, their body language and their voice tone. Even their energy level and behavior patterns send signals when they talk. For example, if a child is upset and denies you to say why then you must find a quiet place to ask him sometime later.

Listening properly to your children is key to effectively communicating with them. A parent without the ability to listen effectively may misunderstand their children and, as a result, communication may well break down. This can be very frustrating for both you and your child, so practice good listening skills as often as you can.

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