Implementing Process Education

Process Education (PE) is a philosophy and not a set of methods. There is no one way to implement PE but rather each person must customize an approach from a broad set of techniques and tools to suit his/her unique context and learning environment. 

However, certain generalizations can be made regarding implementation of PE. They include focusing one’s efforts to:

• develop students’ learning skills in all domains (cognitive, social, affective, and psychomotor) using active-learning tools and techniques;

• use content material to facilitate student growth (with clear goals and measurable outcomes);

• create student-centered learning environments with high criteria for performance;

• develop a course assessment system (to be used separately from the course evaluation system);

• develop students’ self-assessment skills so that they are better able to grow and improve;

• adhere to a set of principles which are based on the unlimited potential in each learner;

• improve the following key processes associated with education: teaching, learning, mentoring, curriculum design, assessment, retention and educational administration.

For a more thorough introduction to the philosophy of Process Education, refer to "An Introduction to Process Education" or the 16-page booklet in PDF format.