Our Philosophy
Our approach to leadership development is guided by the following principles:
• Leadership is a critical educational outcome that has to be purposefully and intentionally developed.
• All students have the potential to be developed into leaders.
• Students have to be active practitioners of leadership and not just passive learners.
• Learning to be leaders is a long-term, developmental process.
The overarching purpose of leadership development is to equip students to contribute effectively and responsibly to society.
Our Pedagogical Approach
The RLI engages learners through real-world experiential learning. Through both direct and indirect experience of authentic situations, staff and students engage with the community and the environment
to create meaningful learning opportunities.
We seek to build an environment of mutual respect that fosters personal relationships conducive to growth and leadership development, with staff and students alternating between the roles of those teaching and the taught.
“Look Closer, Look Longer, Look Harder” – This is something that we teach to participants
through the various field trips conducted over the course of the programme.
Very often you will find the participants huddled around a tree, a bush or even a rock, all in
the search of a new discovery or a fresh “ah hah”!
The intertidal zone is a place which has been often overlooked by most. However, it is a place teeming with rich biodiversity and great discoveries. Weather permitting, intertidal walks are conducted for the participants of the programme, leveraging on the numerous merits and takeaways of intentional, place-based education.
Only when a garden is tended to, will it grow and flourish. Another component of the programme will see participants getting their hands dirty through taking care of a small edible garden on the school’s compound. This allows participants to actually reap (and eat) what they sow.