Models for YKY

 UKU (YKY) is an eclectic mix of influences:

•  Time-proven pedagogical models for learning and teaching;

•  Newer cognitive and other theories and models focused on learning (Cognica).

The main UKU models are:

1.  Montessori and Waldorf schools;

2.  Suggestopedia, the related ideas/hypothesis of the linguist Stephen Krashen and the self-learning practice of polyglot Steven Kaufmann;

3.  Summerhill and Sudbury Valley democratic schools;

4.  Paths Learning Space - a Bulgarian democratic school;

5.  MOOC - massive open online courses;

6.  Educational IT experiments of Sugata Mitra;

7.  Career guidance - some ideas and practices;

8.  John Holt and his How Children Learn book;

9.  Theories and models of cognition and learning: Situated learning;  Cognition - Distributed Cognition , Embodied Cognition and Extended Cognition; Social Learning Co-Learning - Collaborative one and Cooperative one ; Appreciated Inquiry; etc.