- A model of education that is based on the child development ideas of psychologist, Jean Piaget.
- Believes children learn best from activities that they themselves plan out, do, and reflect on.
- Teachers use 58 key experiences to help children make choices, solve problems and actively contribute to their own development.
- Teachers identify child’s developmental level in various areas by examining their strengths and accomplishments; support children’s decisions and encourage them to expand their original idea.
- Teachers develop children’s:
- ability to perform different skills in arts and movement
- knowledge of objects
- ability to speak, do drama, and communicate with others
- ability to work with others
- plan use of time
- ability to apply reasoning capacity to new situations