Peopleize Education Model

The Core Principle is that Education is a lifelong process of discovering one’s unique potential and using it to educate one’s self. Value is measured by one’s well-being and not wealth.


Age 0-5: The “Discovery” Age Group

Activities:

  • Focus: Sensory exploration, secure attachment, and foundational communication.
  • Languages: Introduction to 3 languages through song, play, and daily interaction.
  • Numeracy & Literacy: Introduction to counting, shapes, letters, and writing through play and nature (counting seeds, drawing in sand, and playing/learning in nature/class).
  • Practical Skills: Basic self-care, caring for nature/home/classroom plants/animals, preparing simple snacks from food they’ve grown.
  • Environment: Mostly outdoor and nature-based “learning nests,” with a focus on safe, exploratory play.

Age 6-10: The “Exploration” Age Group

Focus: Discovering personal interests, building self-awareness, and understanding one’s place in a community.

Activities:

  • Method: Learning is experiential, multi-lingual, grounded in nature, and integrated with daily life (e.g., fixing items, developing toys/games to play with, growing/preparing food).
  • Languages: Deepening fluency in the 3 core languages. Option to begin a fourth based on individual interest.
  • Core Skills: Applied math (for building, cooking), writing (stories, journals), cultural studies through the lens of language.
  • Skill Sampling: Rotating workshops in a wide range of areas: natural science, art, music, sport, crafting, gardening, cooking. No specialization yet.
  • Objective: The child discovers answers to “What do I enjoy? Am I drawn to indoor or outdoor activities? Do I prefer working alone or in a group?”

(Can be at home with optional group community interaction sessions).

Age 11-14: The “Practical” Age Group

Focus: Diving deeper into areas of joy and developing practical competence.

Activities:

  • Languages: Using languages for deeper cultural understanding and practical projects (e.g., writing to a pen pal, reading literature).
  • Project-Based Learning: Choosing longer-term projects in their areas of interest. e.g., building a raised garden bed (math, biology, craftsmanship), writing and performing a play (writing, language, collaboration).
  • Community Interaction: Spending time in the field (with companies/mentors) to find out if they will enjoy the practical part of a potential career.
  • Objective: To develop confidence and basic competence in chosen fields and understand how skills apply to community life.
    (Can be at home with optional group community interaction sessions).

Age 15-18: The “Practical Application” Age Group

Focus: Finding one’s pathway.

Activities:

  • Understanding: Spending more time with the 1 to 3 professional fields they enjoy.
  • Objective: To become a capable, confident young adult ready to undertake a significant community role or pursue advanced specialization.
  • Learning by Doing: They are given real, meaningful tasks.

    • For example:

  • Interest in Medicine: Could involve assisting a community health clinic with patient intake, shadowing different specialists (GP, surgeon, physiotherapist), and working on a public health awareness project.
  • Interest in Tech: Could join a software team for a minor project, be tasked with quality assurance testing, or shadow roles in UX design, coding, and project management.
  • Interest in Skilled Trades: Could work alongside electricians, carpenters, or mechanics on real job sites, learning foundational skills and safety protocols.

    • Objective: To experience the day-to-day reality of the job, the culture of the workplace, and the specific tasks involved.

Age 19-22: The “Theoretical or Practical” Age Group

Focus: Becoming a proficient specialist in a chosen field through advanced study of the theory behind the (1 to 3) fields they enjoy, while spending time with professionals in that field or pathway.

Activities:

  • Theoretical Depth: Learning the underlying theory and history of their field, not for a test, but to innovate and understand context.
  • Pathways:Focused training to become a doctor, engineer, master farmer, educator, artist, etc.
  • Process: Individuals fully immerse themselves in their chosen field(s) as professional. This involves joining projects, teams, or initiatives where they are expected to contribute as a capable member, not a learner.
  • Mechanism:They seek out roles that match their top skills and interests, taking ownership of complex tasks and deliverables.
  • The focus is on application, refinement, and demonstrating reliability.

    • Objective: To transition from theory and skill-acquisition to tangible, real-world application and impact.

Age 23-26: The “Pathway” Age Group

* Focus: Establishing oneself as a full practitioner with the flexibility to evolve.

Activities:

  • Practice: Working as a full professional in their chosen field.
  • Advanced Specialization OR Pivot: Opportunity to sub-specialize (e.g., surgeon -> heart surgeon) or to completely pivot and begin a new apprenticeship in a different field (e.g., taxi driver -> teacher -> etc.), informed by greater self-awareness.
  • Mentorship: Beginning to mentor younger adults (15-18 group) in their area of expertise.

Age 27+: The “Innovation & Flexibility” Age Group.

Focus: Being able to continue one’s education for a lifetime if needed, or simply to live one’s life on earth.

Activities:

  • Enjoyment of Life: Living one’s life in equality on earth.
  • Global Equity & Sustainability Work: Optional focus on large-scale projects: designing sustainable systems, creating art that inspires change, teaching, or developing new technologies for good.
  • Lifelong Learning: Continually learning new skills and specialties purely for joy and growth at any age.

Note: This Peopleize Education Model is based on the equality of all people on earth. Money is not the key focus of an individual’s life on earth. Education should not be focused on making more money or a job. Everyone on earth receives the same/equal amount of financial support they need. There are no more standardized tests; assessment is not needed because at each age group the individual is getting older with experience as they proceed through the education age group towards their life pathway.
In this system, assessment isn’t removed; it’s reintegrated into the natural process of learning and doing.

How do we know a person has learned essential skills without a test?

The answer in the peopleize model is: because they use these skills every day in their age group learning every day. You don’t need a math test for a teenager who has successfully designed and built a garden bed using geometry and calculations.
The built garden is the test. Or Their ability to collaborate on a play is the test of their communication skills.

Education By Age Group

How This Model Achieves a peopleize world:

  • Eliminates Hierarchy: A farmer is as valued as a doctor. Both are essential specialists.
  • Grounds in Equality & Reality: Learning is always connected to nature and practical life, preventing abstract, irrelevant knowledge.
  • Builds Equality Into Community: For example, multi-lingual learning from birth fosters deep cultural understanding and breaks down barriers.
  • Focuses on Nature, Collaboration & Contribution: The metric of success is “How have I improved myself, earth, or community?” not “How much wealth have I accumulated?”
  • Equality of all Individuals: The system is designed to help each person find their unique calling, rather than forcing them into a predetermined economic slot.

    • This outline provides a framework for a normal life and coherent blueprint for an education system that serves people and the planet, not profit.

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