Bibliography: UFAC4AML

key	UFAC4AML
title	Developing a Participatory Approach to Learning
author	Pihlainen, Maija
authority control	Maija Pihlainen
item type	Journal article
publication year	1991
date	1991-09
publication title	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
abstract note	Beginning with a survey of the Bahá'í writings and of the emerging Bahá'í approaches to education the article charts the Macau-based School of the Nations' philosophy of education and considers its implications for the school's curriculum development process. The article then proposes that the cooperative approach to education offers a potential instructional model within which Bahá'í principles and ideals, with their emphasis on moral education, participation, cooperation, and consultation, could be effectively implemented. Finally, the article discusses the school's tentative experiments with this model and the steps taken to begin the model's systematic implementation. The successful continuation of the project, the article suggests, will largely depend on the school's ability to overcome the constraints imposed by the dominant competitive attitudes and practices and to gain acceptance of the value of a participatory and cooperative approach.
pages	41-76
issue	2
volume	4
language	English
manual tags	EDUCATION; COOPERATION