It is an educational practice that advocates personalized learning. It is a holistic, systematic and pluralistic education with students as the core, school education as the leading factor, and family and community participating in the implementation.

Dalton Education adheres to the basic concepts of "freedom" and "cooperation", faces all students, and devotes itself to the comprehensive, harmonious and sustainable development of students' mind and physique by constructing specialized resource classrooms, diversified courses, personalized teaching design, developmental student evaluation, lifelong teacher growth, flat organization and management, etc.

Key elements of Dalton education school practice

1, autonomy contract (basis for revision)

Autonomy contract is one of the core practical elements of Dalton school, and it is the basis of realizing school reform through Dalton education system. Specifically, in schools that implement Dalton's educational philosophy, teachers will work out an assignment with students according to their individual differences, respecting their wishes.

The contract needs to be clear in writing: why to learn (learning objectives), what to learn (learning content) and how to learn (learning methods, learning resources, etc.). ) and other issues.

2. Resource classroom (educational practice field)

Resource classroom is one of the core practical elements of Dalton School, and it is also the field of Dalton's educational practice. Helen parkhurst believes that the classroom should become a social laboratory, and learning should not be divorced from social life, but should be consistent with the social environment that students are experiencing or will experience.

The resource classroom will fully embody Dalton's educational ideas of "freedom" and "development" and create a learning atmosphere with Dalton's educational characteristics. Adhere to the guiding ideology of "student-centered" education, combine theory with "small class" education, actively integrate all available classroom equipment resources at home and abroad, and provide space and resource support for students' learning activities.

Resource classrooms can meet the needs of personalized education and provide the most suitable environment and conditions for them to receive equal education at school.

3. Cooperative learning (classroom practice)

Cooperative learning is one of the core practical elements of Dalton College and the main way of Dalton's classroom teaching practice. The cooperative learning advocated by Dalton Education is a classroom teaching organization model based on autonomous learning and inquiry learning according to autonomous contract.

Cooperative learning starts from specific problems and encourages students to develop positive interdependence by creating a common, open and inclusive learning atmosphere. In teaching, teachers can set common learning goals according to the needs of learning themes, and guide students to participate in activities such as discussion, thinking, dialogue, creation and games. Cooperative learning is not limited to the teaching activities of a certain subject. According to the needs of learning content and theme, teachers can help students to carry out interdisciplinary cooperative learning activities through the combination of several subjects.