Junior High

As a transition from primary education to senior education, during the two years (Grade 7 and Grade 8) at VIS Junior High Section, we provide a holistic education that develops the souls and minds of the students. We hope our students become passionate learners who live up to their full potential and achieve academic excellence.

At VIS Junior high, we provide comprehensive pastoral care for our students to face the rapid physical and emotional changes they experience during this critical developmental phase. Under the guidance of our teachers, the students will learn how to express their views and control their emotions through respect, empathy, and responsibility during these two crucial years.

Academically, while we emphasize the importance of language and mathematical abilities, we also emphasize “information and communication technology” (ICT) to prepare our students to cope with technological changes in the 21st century. Last but not least, through our Project/ Problem based learning (PBL), our students can exercise their soft skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication, to transit smoothly to the VIS Senior School Section.

“Give the students something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” John Dewey

At VIS Junior High Section, as stated in the quote above, we believe that learning is not only about memorizing texts from the textbook or doing examination practices. Learning results from experience; hence we created a learning atmosphere that encourages the students to learn by doing and appreciates efforts. Besides implementing the VIS teaching philosophy (Locally Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Internationally Minded, Global Citizen), we aim to develop our students into confident and courageous learners.  We want our students to step out of their comfort zone and “go boldly where no man has gone before.”

 

作為讓國小畢業生能順利銜接VIS九年級高中部課程的重要橋樑，VIS國中部，希望能引導學生自信地踏出舒適圈，勇於嘗試及追尋夢想。在七年級及八年級這兩個學年期間，VIS國中部將提供學生由心到腦的教育，期望孩子從內在長出自己的力量，透過興趣及熱情，強化外在的學習及能力。

國中階段為成長中一個重要的發展時期，不僅在身體生理上開始快速生長，邁向成熟，心理上也開始進入自我探索、自我認同，並積極尋求自主性。VIS國中部希望能夠在這個成長的關鍵期，透過導師的關懷、師長的同理、專業輔導等協助，提供孩子足夠的空間及支持，讓他們能順利的找到並定下自己的錨，放心啟航。更重要的，藉由尊重、同理、責任這三個原則，讓孩子在自我探索及認同的過程中，也能夠學習同理他人的感受，互相尊重，學習情緒的表達與控管，進而成為一個負責任的大人。

在這兩年，我們希望持續增進學生英文及數學等基礎學科能力。同時也安排科技課程，奠定學生對於『資訊與通信科技』（Information and Communication Technology, 簡稱ICT) 的了解。更透過『項目及問題導向學習』（Project/Problem based learining,  簡稱PBL)  為核心的學習規劃，鍛鍊創造力、批判性思考、解決複雜問題、團隊合作以及有效溝通等軟實力，順利銜接VIS高中部的課程。

「給予學生學習任務，而不是教材；學習任務能引發學生思考，學習就在此刻自然地發生了。」 ─約翰·杜威

在VIS國中部，如同上方约翰·杜威的名言，我們相信學習不僅只是記憶課本中的文字或是做考試卷。學習來自於經驗，因此，我們打造一個學習氛圍，鼓勵學生能透過動手做以及欣賞過程中的努力來學習。除了融入VIS的核心教育哲學(包含在地學習、理性批判、全球視野以及世界公民)，我們的目標則是在培育學生成為有自信且有勇氣的學習者。我們希望我們的學生能夠踏出舒適圈，勇往直前。