Rote learning is not enough for an AI-driven world

What you can do with what you know is way more critical.

Education needs to build thinking and learning skills

Intentional. Measurable. Right from Kindergarten!

Hands-on learning. A proven way to build skills!

Hands-on

Minds-on

Research by Stanford University shows that when students engage physically with learning materials, their cognitive processes are activated, leading to better understanding and retention.

- Stanford Active Learning Study

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More Joy

Children engaging in playful, hands-on explorations - such as building, experimenting, and problem-solving - felt a greater connection to learning, which fueled both their intellectual growth and emotional satisfaction.

- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), USA

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Deeper Learning

David Kolb’s widely recognized theory argues that deeper learning occurs when learners engage in a cycle of experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation.

- David A. Kolb

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Serious Skills

This study highlights that hands-on, experiential learning environments are key to fostering 21st Century Skills.

- Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration: Assessment, Certification, and Promotion of 21st Century Skills for the Future of Work and Education (MDPI)

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More Human

Hands-on learning in science classes enhances students' emotional intelligence and social skills. By actively participating in experiments, students develop self-awareness, empathy, and collaboration skills, which are vital for personal growth.

- Emotional Intelligence and Social Skills: Necessary Components of Hands-on Learning in Science Classes (JSTOR)

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Academic outcomes

Hands-on learning leads to better academic outcomes - "...the students who went through active learning, building the water purification device with their own hands, saw much higher test scores and improvement rates in related academics than the lecture-format group."

- Youth Engineering Solutions | EiE
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”I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.”

Confucius

Experiential Learning - A rapidly growing movement...

India’s National Education Policy (NEP 2020) drives transformation from Rote Learning to Experiential Learning

“Pedagogy must evolve to make education more experiential, holistic, integrated, inquiry-driven, and competency-based.”

- NEP 2020

Next Generation Science Standards (USA) emphasizes the importance of students "doing" science rather than passively learning about it

 “Students engage in science and engineering practices, deepening their understanding of core ideas by applying them in hands-on, real-world contexts.”

- NGSS

International Baccalaureate (IB) seeks to integrate hands-on inquiry based learning in Science right from the Primary Years program

IB emphasizes building Science Skills including Observation, Data Measurement, Problem Identification, Hypotheses Generation, Systematic Experimentation, Data Interpretation, Modeling, and Scientific Communication.

- IBO, PYP Scope & Sequence

“Thinking and Working Scientifically” through hands-on activities, a core pillar of Cambridge Curriculum

Cambridge emphasizes on each child carrying out Scientific Enquiry and Building Models and Representations, through hands-on activity.

- Cambridge

More and more Ivy League Universities accepting Maker Portfolios as part of the admissions process

Led by MIT, Yale, Columbia, Brown this reflects a broader trend toward embracing experiential and hands-on learning.

- Polygence.org