They experimented with new ways
of teaching and learning; they encouraged discussion and free inquiry; they felt that form in art had meaning; they were committed to the rigor
of the studio and the laboratory; they practiced living and working together as a community; they shared the
ideas and values
of different cultures; they had
faith in learning through experience and doing; they trusted in the new while remaining committed to
ideas from the past; and they valued the
idiosyncratic nature
of the individual.