EVERY CHILD CAN Riverside School's Design-Led Approach to Empower Children

Every CHILD CAN makes a compelling and inspiring case for taking a design-led approach to empowering and educating our children.

Founded by Kiran Bir Sethi, an alumnus of the National Institute of Design and an award-winning educator, the book shares the story of Riverside School, a uniquely innovative school that places the focus of developing a child’s agency and character at the heart of education.

THE ‘BOTH, AND’ MODEL

THE NEED

A recent study* demonstrated that whilst the current generation has the knowledge and awareness about global issues, they feel a lack of agency to act on their concern for the greater good. If any action taken, it is more by chance and not by design.

This gap is often the outcome of an either, or model of learning – where schools defer the importance of building a culture of empowerment amid the pressures of academic performance as a measure of success.

* Pisa data of 2018

WHAT IF

there was an approach to learning that intentionally empowered all children with a deep belief that the purpose of education is to graduate young citizen leaders – with content AND character, passion AND compassion - the ‘both, and’ model.

BUILD A CULTURE OF SHARED I CAN VALUES.
BY DESIGN

INTRODUCING THE
I CAN SCHOOL

The I CAN School is set of training programmes created by RLC to move a school from an ‘Either, Or' to a 'BOTH, AND' model. Each programme is designed using a systems approach to intentionally cultivate the I CAN MINDSET in children.

RLC takes it's inspiration from The Riverside School, which has used the design thinking framework of Feel / Imagine / Do / Share™ to design processes and practices that are timetabled to build a culture of empowerment. These processes have been globally recognized and successfully implemented in schools across the world.

GLOBAL IMPACT

Since the inception of Riverside Learning Center, here is our collective global impact.


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GET INSPIRED

We have curated a set of videos that highlight the processes and practices we follow to intentionally build the I Can mindset in every child. You can also visit our YouTube channel for more inspiration.

  • THE I CAN APPROACH TO EDUCATION
  • RIVERSIDE ALUMNI 15 YEARS
  • RIVERSIDE'S CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM - EDUTOPIA

Current Happynings

The world of I CAN is more than you see in the Happynings. Click here to download our bimonthly newsletter and begin your I CAN journey.

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