ESPIRIT PRE COLLEGE

Dog Patch, San Francisco, California, USA

This a school for ages 16 to 18. This stage of the students educational career is highly critical, where they decide what they want to pursue for their working careers and preparation for college and adult life. The school develops well rounded students through teacher centered learning and students centered learning by doing so, students have the opportunity to nurture their weaknesses and their talents and interests. The students are encouraged to take initiative over their own learning and interests in order for them to develop and identify their individual talents and interests. Students are encouraged to teach and each other, give talks, collaborate, form clubs for subjects inside and outside of school. The student centered learning spaces allow students with similar learning styles to work together and find the best ways of tackling their academic struggles.

This radical education system takes a different appraoch towards developing well rounded students, It turns away from standardization and encourages the students individual talents and nurtures their weakensses through a balance of teacher centered learning and student centered learning.