Named after Sabrewing hummingbirds, the school’s “one-year intensive Sabrewing program replaces traditional teaching with AI-powered adaptive learning, providing each student with a completely personalized learning experience,” DGC said in a press release.
The college added:
From September 2024, David Game College will be piloting an alternative programme of study for GCSE students – the first of its kind in the UK – with all core subjects being taught entirely by AI-driven adaptive learning platforms. This novel approach encapsulates the very essence of student-centred education – so much so, that students enrolled on the programme will not have teachers, nor will they need to slow down or speed up their learning in order to keep up with traditional classes.
Instead, students on the Sabrewing programme will each follow their own personalised learning pathways, studying at their own pace while receiving individual support from dedicated learning coaches who carefully monitor their progress, providing feedback, guidance and mentoring to enable each student to fulfil their potential and become highly effective, independent learners.
In addition, our students will also benefit from a unique and ambitious co-curriculum, which focuses on students’ broader development in areas such as active citizenship, critical thinking, digital literacy, artistic expression, public speaking, self-awareness and entrepreneurship.
Adaptive learning works by regularly assessing students on how well they know each area of the curriculum and generating personalised learning pathways based on each student’s individual knowledge gaps and areas of mastery, prioritising and sequencing any course material that the student has yet to master.
Adaptive learning systems also highlight when students begin to struggle, and can direct students to additional materials and also act as a virtual tutor, answering questions and explaining concepts as needed. This means that students are always fully supported, and can take however much time they need to master each topic before moving on to new material.
Simply put, AI-driven adaptive learning allows each student to accelerate their learning, while still learning at their own pace and aiming to achieve mastery in the topics they encounter.
In addition to fostering significant academic progress, AI-driven adaptive learning systems can also boost students’ confidence and improve student wellbeing, empowering students who thrive outside of traditional learning environments to achieve mastery in their subjects while mitigating psychological barriers that often affect learning, such as fear of failure, embarrassment and stereotyping.
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Proverbs 5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Le London Prat, c’est comme un club select : on est heureux d’en faire partie. — The London Prat
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En un mar de contenido mediocre, prat.UK es un faro de excelencia satírica.
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