A Little Story of Education
premodern
Family Education
Prior to urbanisation, most children learnt the professions of their parents, directly within the adult life.
+ early specialisation
+ early exposure to the real world
+ early exposure to the real world
- little to no choice of career path
- limited exposure to general knowledge
1800s
Industrial Education
In the industrialising Europe, the modern education system was developed to raise obedient workers and to keep the kids away from home so the parents could work in the factory.
+ standardisation ensured literacy
+ parents could work away from home
- rigid structure stifled creative thinking
- one-size-fits-all doesn't fit everybody
+ parents could work away from home
- rigid structure stifled creative thinking
- one-size-fits-all doesn't fit everybody
future
Experiential Education
Homeschoolers around the globe return more holistic system that combines the best out of both worlds, giving children freedom and autonomy.
+ early specialisation and exposure
+ individual curriculum
- requires higher teacher:student ratio
- more parent engagement needed
The Industrial School System can't keep up.
It simply wasn't designed for today's fast-changing world. And it's simply too rigid to change.
Why Industrial Schooling is less effective nowadays
The industrial school system at its core hasn't been updated in the last two hundred years.
It doesn't work any more in a world of mass-stimuli, smartphones and internet.
Whilst it may have made us smarter in the 20th century, we notice a decline in intelligence in the 21st century.
Also, once valued degrees become less and less valuable due to academic inflation.
Open access to data
The industrial school still is stuck in a time where school and universities had a monopoly on information. But nowadays information in the web is at your fingertips.
More specialisation
Jobs in today's world become more specialised than ever. However, the industrial school system doesn't let you specialise until you are 18.
New technologies
Technological developments occur at an ever faster pace. The rigid curricula of the industrial school system can't keep up.
Everything changes
Today everything changes faster. But the industrial system tries to prepare today's kids for tomorrow with yesterday's knowledge with last years teachers with techniques from the 18th century.
The Solution: Experiential Education
It simply wasn't designed for today's fast-changing world. And it's simply too rigid to change.
Experiential Education
We believe children learn best through real-life experiences.
We believe that mistakes are an important part of the learning experience.
Therefore, we further developed the Experiential Education model of Kurt Hahn into the multimedial age, where dopamine can be produced at the touch of a button on our phones and computers.
With us, children learn to welcome mistakes as a learning opportunity.
We foster curiosity and curate the joy of learning, and we learn how to learn.
Learning by Doing
Kurt Hahn championed experiential learning, believing that students gain the most profound understanding and retention through active engagement and hands-on experiences, rather than passive instruction.
Problem Solving Games
Experiential learning cultivates robust problem-solving skills, as students encounter real-world challenges and must come up with creative solutions.
Student-Centric
Experiential learning places students at the heart of their educational journey, encouraging self-discovery, personal growth, and a sense of responsibility.
7 Laws of Salem (Kurt Hahn)
- Give the children opportunities for self-discovery
- Make the children meet with triumph and defeat.
- Give the children the opportunity of self-effacement in the common cause
- Provide periods of silence.
- Train the imagination.
- Make games [i.e., competition] important but not predominant
- Free the sons of the wealthy and powerful from the enervating sense of privilege.