{"id":2649,"date":"2025-04-18T22:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.uwcrobertboschcollege.de\/living-learning\/mission-statement-pedagogy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:39:28","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwcrobertboschcollege.de\/en\/living-learning\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does it look like when students from over 90 different countries attend the same school, have different levels of education and use different learning methods?<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t

Diverse, committed and motivated<\/h2>\t\t\t

English is the language of instruction at our school, with around 60 other languages being spoken on campus. Some of our students already have a good command of English on arrival, others start from almost zero. Our learning and teaching methods embrace diversity in the classroom and encourage students to think critically, drive their own learning and become more culturally aware.<\/p>\n

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Diversity as a Catalyst<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t

The heterogeneity of the students is seen as an opportunity at all UWC schools: Learner autonomy is promoted when the students themselves become teachers. Personal sense-making is created when young people begin to ask questions. A sense of community is formed through shared values \u2013 despite different backgrounds. At our school, students learn to engage with people in an increasingly globalized, rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>Life in a boarding school<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n

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Holistic Education <\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t

Students complete the International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma), an internationally recognized qualification, within two years at the College. However, education at a UWC is much more than what is taught by the IB: based on the ideas of founder Kurt Hahn, holistic education is primarily intended to be transformative. Through intercultural exchange, young people learn to develop empathy for others and to overcome personal crises through reflection. They become aware of their own and others’ assumptions and learn to reflect on them \u2013 this learning involves a change in fundamental values, attitudes and actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>More about the IB Diploma Program<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n

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The topics of peace and sustainability are a central focus of the school<\/h6>\t\t\t

Addressed both in the curricula of the individual subjects and in extracurricular or additional events, they are part of the DNA of our school and the UWC movement and a reason to bring together so many people from different countries, cultures and religions: So that “they learn that a peaceful and sustainable world is possible and worth striving for, even in the face of great differences”, in the words of our Rector Dr. Helen White.<\/p>\n

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