Each learner is just like any other learner, in so far as ALL learners need to feel psychologically safe, and work in an environment that respects them as human beings, and promotes social connections.

In other ways, we also believe that every learner is profoundly unique in the sense that the journey to self-actualization (that is, the realization of one’s fullest human potential) is personal, and sacred.

We believe that we are the material, we don’t just do the material. Through meaningful interaction, our goal is to promote every learner’s growth and development. We don’t just teach so our learners can pass this or that test.

We believe that each single learner needs to have a higher goal than just merely doing well on a test, however important this may be.

We believe that emotions are central in the learning and teaching processes. There’s an emotion behind a behavior, there’s an emotion behind a decision we take. Understanding what the emotion is, and what triggers it is hugely important.

As a consequence, we believe every teacher should transition from being an ‘emotion judge’ to an ‘emotion scientist’.

We believe learners should be left free to explore, to become, to create their own meaning.

We believe in the central role creative pedagogy has a driving force for progress in education.