01
Curiosity
好奇力
Observe · Question · Explore
Notice something. Stay with the question. Find a way to explore it.
AN EDUCATION FRAMEWORK, IN PRACTICE
Capabilities are
not simply taught.
They are formed.
能力并不只是被教授出来的，
而是在探索、创造、行动与反思中逐步形成。
FORMATIVE is an emerging education framework exploring how curiosity, creativity, agency and reflection are developed through meaningful experiences.
01Explore
02Create
03Act
04Reflect
05Transfer
A FRAMEWORK IN FORMATIONFIG. 01 ↗
ROOTED IN SHENZHEN. OPEN TO POSSIBILITY.SCROLL TO EXPLORE
01 / A DIFFERENT STARTING POINT
Education has
enough content.
What about experience?
Children need more opportunities to explore, create, act and reflect.
LEARNING OFTEN FOCUSES ON
Knowledge / Instructions / Tasks / Results
FORMATIVE FOCUSES ON
Questions. Experience. Creation. Action. Reflection. Transfer.
02 / FOUR CAPABILITIES. ONE CONNECTED SYSTEM.
The Formative Model
Interconnected capabilities that grow within an experience, rather than four separate courses.
02
Creativity
创造力
Imagine · Combine · Create
Connect what you know. Try another possibility. Make an idea tangible.
03
Agency
行动力
Choose · Act · Persist
Make a decision. Take responsibility for the next step. Try again.
04
Reflection
反思力
Review · Express · Adapt
Look back at what happened. Name what changed. Carry it forward.
03 / THE FORMATION CYCLE
How capabilities are formed
Real questions. Decisions to make. Something to create. Feedback to work with. Time to reflect.
- 01
Explore
探索
What do you notice?
- 02
Create
创造
What could you make?
- 03
Act
行动
What will you try?
- 04
Reflect
反思
What has changed?
- 05
Transfer
迁移
Where else could it work?
A new context. A new question. The cycle begins again.
Through repeated cycles of experience → action → feedback → reflection → transfer, capabilities begin to take shape. They become meaningful when carried into new contexts.
Inside the framework04 / FROM FRAMEWORK TO EXPERIENCE
Formative in Practice
01 / SchoolsSchools
A framework for your school.
Framework integration, curriculum design, educator development and school innovation.
For Schools
02 / F-StudioF-Studio
Ideas, put into practice.
A living lab for exploring, making, moving, collaborating and testing ideas.
Explore F-Studio
03 / ElementsElements
An invitation to think.
Open-ended materials, environments and learning tools that invite thinking and action.
Explore Elements05 / FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE LEARNING HAPPEN
For Educators.
FORMATIVE supports educators in designing environments, experiences and feedback systems that help capabilities emerge.
Educator pathways and practice standards are under development.
Let’s talk practice- 01Workshops
- 02Formative Practice
- 03Curriculum Design
- 04Learning Environment Design
- 05Formative Assessment
SHENZHEN, CHINA
LOCAL PRACTICE. SHARED QUESTIONS.
06 / ROOTED HERE. THINKING BEYOND.
Built through practice.
FORMATIVE begins with educational practice in Shenzhen, China. We are developing the framework with local classrooms, studios, schools and projects as intended settings for exploration and review.
Our longer-term goal is to collaborate with schools and educators across different cultures and education systems.
Our starting point07 / NOTES, QUESTIONS & POSSIBILITIES
Ideas for Formation
Beyond PBL: From Projects to Formation
A question for our practice: what remains with a child after the project is over?
Why Curiosity Needs More Than Questions
Considering the time, materials and permission that allow a question to become an investigation.
What Makes a Learning Environment Formative?
Looking at the quiet invitations built into a space: what can a child start here?
FOR SCHOOLS · EDUCATORS · FAMILIES
Start a conversation.
Every context is different. Let’s find a meaningful place to begin.