- **Self-directed** -- take charge of your own education; don't let school interfere with your education - **Meaning-guided** -- helping students discover what they are passionate about & what is something meaningful to do with their life - **Learning-based** -- learning to learn (information literacy, digital literacy, PKM, etc.) - **Action-oriented** -- learn by doing, doing to learn; interact directly with the real world, feel the system; applying knowledge across fields, making knowledge effective [[The Fundamental Theory of Human Development]] [[Eight Commandments of Education]]