Traditional Approach in Learning |
GlobalinkHouse’s Approach in Learning |
| School is a preparation for life. | School is a part of life. |
| Learners are passive absorbers of information and authority. | Learners are active participants, problem solvers, and planners. |
| Teachers are sources of information and authority. | Teachers are facilitators, guides who foster thinking. |
| Parents are outsiders and uninvolved. | Parents are the primary teachers, goal setters, and planners, and serve as resources. |
| Community is separate from school, except for funding. | Community is an extension of the classroom. |
| Decision-making is centrally based and administratively delivered. | Decision-making is shared by all constituent groups. |
| Program is determined by external criteria, particularly test results. | Program is determined by mission, philosophy, and goals for students. |
| Learning is linear, with factual accumulation and skill mastery. | Learning is spiral, with depth and breadth as goals. |
| Knowledge is absorbed through lectures, worksheets, and texts. | Knowledge is constructed through play, direct experience, and social interaction. |
| Instruction is linear and largely based on correct answers. | Instruction is related to central questions and inquiry, often generated by the children. |
| Disciplines, particularly language and math, are separated. | Disciplines are integrated as children make connections. |
| Skills are taught discretely and are viewed as goals. | Skills are related to content and are viewed as tools. |
| Assessment is norm-referenced, external, and graded. | Assessment is benchmarked, has many forms, and is progress-oriented. |
| Success is competitively based, derived from recall and memory, and specific to a time/place. | Success is determined through application over time, through collaboration. |
| Products are the end point. | Products are subsumed by process considerations. |
| Intelligence is a measure of linguistic and logical/mathematical abilities. | Intelligence is recognized as varied, includes the arts, and is measured in real-life problem-solving. |
| School is a task to be endured. | School is a challenging and fun part of life. |
GlobalinkHouse’s approach to learning