Escuela Nueva transforms the conventional school

What does Escuela Nueva promote?

Child centered, participatory, cooperative, self paced learning

Relevant curriculum, based on child's daily life

Closer, stronger relationship between the school and the community

Interaction between teachers, parents and children

Parents involved in the learning process

Emphasis on the formation of democratic and participatory values

Student Government elections

Student Government Committees

Emphasis on the formation of citizenship

Happy, healthy, confident students

Effective, practical Effective, practical in-service teacher training strategies

Training methodologies similar to those teachers will apply with children

New role for the teacher as facilitator

interactive New generation of interactive self paced, self directed learning guides

Learning guides that promote individual work;

Collaborative, group work fomenting interaction;

Work in pairs, promoting dialogue;

Different learning paces or rhythms;

Learning Corners that bring alive the activities of the learning guides

Learning Corners that strengthen cultural identity

Classroom libraries that promote research and exploration skills

Tools like community maps that link the school to the local community and circumstances of the children

Suggestion and Commitment boxes that invite students to give feedback, have an opinion and actively participate

Commitment Box for family, school and social commitments of students

Attendance records controlled directly by students empowering them and giving them responsibility

Escuela Nueva generates a new culture of peace and citizenship; allows children to learn to learn and participate, empowering them and their communities.