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Life School

Learning 21st century life skills in an experiential way, from the everyday spaces around us.

Experiential learning

Does today's education help a child grow into a self sufficient, sensitive and responsible adult? Too often, no. Life School sets out to teach the 21st century skills that exam driven schooling leaves out.

Life School treats everyday spaces as classrooms, building essential life skills through experience rather than rote. The aim is a young person who thinks critically, participates actively, and develops a compassionate and empathetic personality, the qualities that make a capable citizen rather than just a holder of certificates.

It complements the lab's other education models, the Museum School and the Virtual Museum School, by focusing on the human and behavioural side of learning.

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