Geoffrey Caine is a writer, education consultant and process coach specialising in
natural learning principles.
Not exact matches
The present Humanism, whether we call it scientific or existentialist, is only the
natural and nal culmination of those
principles of autonomy and nominalism in philosophy, which oversowed the New
Learning.
Just as metaphysical first
principles are discovered in a mode of enquiry, so the precepts of
natural law are those «presupposed in any situation in which
learning and enquiry between rational individuals about their individual and common goods can be advanced and by any relationship in which individuals can conduct themselves with rational integrity.»
The following
principles guide and define our approach to
learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children
learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults
learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach
learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of
learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and
natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and
learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.
In their writing on education, Deci and Ryan proceed from the
principle that humans are
natural learners and children are born creative and curious, «intrinsically motivated for the types of behaviors that foster
learning and development.»
«Based on the relatively high competence of Waldorf pupils in
natural science, combined with exceptionally high indicators of motivation and reflective cognition in these subjects as well as the different pedagogical
principles, it is reasonable to conclude that public education can
learn from the Steiner Waldorf schools, in particular with regard to being able to concretely apply knowledge in
natural science.»
Because of the women I met through the online world of cloth diaper enthusiasts, I
learned about extended breastfeeding, homeopathic remedies, alternative vaccination choices, gentle discipline, and all kinds of green and
natural living
principles.
Teachers
learn the skills to teach the scientific
principles of biodiversity monitoring through visits to
natural «laboratories» in forests and parks.
To appreciate the importance of having students teach back, think about something you
learned in school, such as the
principle of
natural selection or the atomic orbital theory.
Fort Worth ISD welcomed their partnership with REAL School Gardens in 2003 - 2004 academic year as part of their dedication to a
principle of «evidence of outdoor explorations or classroom investigations with rigorous, standards - aligned
learning objectives tied to
natural phenomena and / or real - world engineering situations.»
The Pavlovian Method of training is based more on the
principle that a response to a stimulus can be
learned, whether the stimulus is
natural or unnatural.
Chatbot / Robolawyer technology combines machine
learning and
natural language processing
principles to process user information, answer queries, triage cases and provide a 24/7 point of access.»
Professor Renate Nummela Caine consults throughout the world on the
principles of
natural learning.