DSB Philosophy

Definition of Global Citizenship and Intercultural Learning at DSB International School:

At DSB international school, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Learning means developing a mindset that fosters a diverse, respectful, and informed community, nurturing open-mindedness, curiosity, and acceptance of various backgrounds and viewpoints. We strive to develop confident, responsible, and creative thinkers who possess linguistic fluency and cultural sensitivity, ready to contribute to a globally connected, inclusive, and sustainable world within the unique context of Mumbai, India.

DSB community philosophy statement:

DSB is an educational community focused on learning: challenging everyone to develop excellence from their strengths, whilst endeavouring for improvement in all areas. We embrace diversity, and celebrate the uniqueness of each individual, whilst remembering that collaboration is the watchword for success. We are developing citizens committed to a sustainable, global future. We draw on the positive gifts from our diverse heritage: German liberalism of thought and environmental awareness, Indian flexibility, resilience and multiple perspectives, and the finest pedagogies of English medium education from across the world. We are a school; we are a community; we are a family.

Mission statement:

High-quality learning at DSB International School focuses on adaptive success, where both students and teachers engage in a supportive, enabling environment which encourages innovative,critical thinking and that fosters inclusion, independence, motivation, and resilience. Metacognition is woven through the curriculum; students are continuously engaged in meaningful dialogue about their own learning. Through personalised and challenging goals, interdisciplinary connections, and continuous self-assessment, students are empowered to take responsibility for their learning journey. Teachers adapt instruction to meet diverse needs, ensuring all learners achieve their fullest potential.

Statement of High Quality Learning

The purpose of learning at DSB is to inspire passion and a thirst for knowledge in all learners. High quality learning supports the school’s vision of Empowering Individual Success: skilling each student to maximise their potential, empowering them to define their own success. Learning at DSB recognises that most people can learn most things given the right conditions and support. Learning is a collaborative process and is at the heart of all that we do as an institution; it is the beginning of a lifelong journey. Our high quality learning equips students with the ability to thrive in an age of AI: focusing on leveraging technology for higher level, humane thinking, and as a tool for self regulation and personal organisation.

High-quality learning at DSB International School focuses on adaptive success, where both students and teachers engage in a supportive, enabling environment which encourages innovative,critical thinking and that fosters inclusion, independence, motivation, active cognitive engagement and resilience. Cognitive engagement is sustained through the encouragement of choice, working towards authentic outcomes with an audience beyond the teacher and collaboration with others. It relates the abstract to the real world, the global to the local, and stimulates the interest that arouses a passion to learn. High quality learning creates empathetic global citizens: people who are empowered to make a difference. It fosters a healthy attitude which sees failure as integral to learning.

Metacognition is woven through the curriculum; students are continuously engaged in meaningful dialogue about their own learning. Assessment is regularly student-led through both peer and self-assessment. Through personalised and challenging goals, interdisciplinary connections, and continuous self-assessment, students are empowered to take responsibility for their learning journey and engage in hard-thinking. Teachers adapt instruction to meet diverse needs, ensuring all learners achieve their fullest potential.

At DSB we understand that learning is experiential, it is not confined to the classroom. High quality learning occurs in many contexts, not simply formal academic ones. From the Mathematics classroom to the football field, studying an historical text or performing a monologue, learning as a process happens anywhere and the skill can be universally applied. The outward manifestation of high quality learning is enshrined in our Graduate Profile.