Creating a constructivist school system

We need to change our educational system and we all need to get involved in the conversation about what we want to change to.  We cannot agree what an education should be.  We have a long way to go in figuring out what a new educational system will look like.

One thing we have to understand about education is that we have been moving toward a constructivist learning approach and so more people need to understand what that means and teachers need help in understanding how they can implement a constructivist learning plan.  I have written a book called The Probe Method: A Transformation of Human Consciousness and in it I have outlined my ideas about creating a constructivist school system based upon the Montessori approach and the Probe Method.  The Montessori approach is one created by Marie Montessori and it is an excellent way to help young children obtain independent learning skills and other positive developmental skills.  I designed and developed the Probe Method as a cooperative learning, problem-based learning, and technology infused constructivist learning model.  The Probe Method refers to having students thoroughly investigate a topic, question, or problem and work in cooperative groups to dig deeper and deeper to understand the topic and solve problems.  Students would work on topics and problems that interest them and they form groups of like interests and groups to solve personal and social problems.  Students learn the basic 3R's in the process of working on Probe projects.  They learn reading and writing by reading a lot of materials about a topic and by writing about the topic in essays and various written communication.  Students learn the basics of math and science as they are learning to solve problems related to science and requiring math.  Students learn about our history by solving social problems and examining our past to understand how we got here.

I hope you want to change our present educational system because it is very outdated and it is doing more harm than good.  We have to give children freedom to learn and we have to create a learning environment in which they can be free and they can learn to be kind, loving, and responsible adults.  We can create a constructivist school if we change what and how we teach.  That's a huge challenge but I know we can do it.