TMS curriculum is research based in supporting student-centered, project-based learning and teaching practices that engage multiple intelligences and foster 21st century skills.
TMS STUDENTS. . . PRODUCE multimedia projects that involve pre-production, production and post-production phases of conceptualization, collaboration and independent work
PRACTICE academic skills
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literacy (English and in their mother tongues)
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researching, gathering, presenting, analyzing evidence
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writing (creative, nonfiction, explicative)
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public speaking and interviewing
ENGAGE with their community through oral history projects, guest speakers, field trips and service learning projects
INTERACT globally through storytelling exchanges with students and educators across the world
Throughout the PROCESS, TMS Students Write, Discuss, Debate, Problem Solve, Observe, Analyze, Envision, Enact
At the end of the semester, TMS Students showcase the PRODUCT, polished video shorts, to their schools, families and global community
“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.”
― Paulo Freire, We Make the Road by Walking, Conversations on Education and Social Change