to develop knowledge

The goal of the Foundation's educational research is to explore questions that professionals can use as a basis for discussion; and to develop a knowledge base to help inform stakeholders, educational practitioners, students and parents. Accordingly, our dialogic spaces work aims to enable meaningful dialogues and meetings which can help determine how best to educate, in order to help promote the fullest human qualities and potential.

We have identified four key areas of interest for our work:

1)Conceptualizing human-centred education

Our primary concern in educational research is all about working with the notion of human-centredness, by which we mean that education can enable the development of the learner as a whole person, and includes notions of individual human flourishing and of becoming oneself. The forthcoming GHFP authored book, entitled 'Human-Centred education', proposes that human-centred education is based on three main principles:

 a) education should treat the person in a human way, as a person;

 b) education should be directed towards the development of the person, as a human;

 c) education should be concerned with the person as a whole.

2) Finding out how mainstream state-run educational institutions perceive alternative educational approaches and alternative schools, and how the state educational system and mainstream state schools can best benefit from alternative educational ideals and practices.

3) Looking at the positive role of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the process of human development.

4) Our continuing involvement and association with a number of educational projects worldwide.

• -- Fundacion Educativa Amor (Colombia)
• -- Fundacion Amanecer (Colombia)
• -- Lewes New School (UK)
• -- Ourika Rural School (Morocco)
• -- Pestallozzi School (Ecuador)
• -- Cita Buana School (Indonesia)

These schools are part of a network for human-centred education which is supported by the GHFP.