The Society That Learns: Constructionism and Lifelong Learning in Thailand

How Thai farmers, teachers, and workers created new approaches to lifelong learning through constructionism—and transformed communities across the country as a result.

The educational philosophy of constructionism holds that learning works best when it comes from creating things in the world and generating change on a personal, community, and even societal level. In The Society That Learns, Paulo Blikstein and Deborah Fields analyze one of the longest-running community development and educat...