Social Studies Perspective
Social studies is viewed as the study of people in relation to their past, their environment and their society. Social studies helps students to develop their personal, family, ethnic and cultural identities; to make informed and reasoned decisions about their classroom, the school and the world; and to understand themselves in relation to the past, the environment and society.
Social studies in the international school goes beyond respecting ad valuing people's right to be different. It is grounded in a strong and unequivocal stand for universal human rights, social studies in the international school leads students to value the universal, while respecting the perspective of the specific culture.
The pluralistic nature of communities within and among nations, and the relationships between local and global concerns and issues, are addressed through the study of the host society, the students' own cultures and the cultures of peoples not directly represented in the school's community.
Social studies does all this best through a questioning approach in which students create their own knowledge and understanding. Students and teachers exploring, investigating and searching for answers together, develop historical, geographical and social concepts which are important in understanding today's social world and as such is an integrated area of inquiry.
Social Studies Aims
TO:
