Mini-Society is based on the belief that experience is the best teacher. The Mini-Society is an ongoing process of directly experiencing mature entrepreneurship, economic, social, ethical, and political problems, exploring various resolutions and their implications, and instituting solutions and experiencing the consequences of one's decisions.
Because the Mini-Society is not just a simulation but a real world to the students, it becomes a highly motivating instructional system, encouraging independent, creative, self-directed inquiry learning by the students, with guidance from the teacher. Mini-Society students also exhibit measurable increases in positive attitudes toward school and learning.
Through Mini-Society, then, children:
- Develop and experience their own "real world" in the context of entrepreneurship
- Acquire concepts and skills in multiple subject areas
- Discover the importance of cooperation
- Are motivated to marshal their own creative and logical resources
- Learn about setting and achieving goals
- Enhance their sense of empowerment and self-sufficiency
- Have fun
More information from the Mini-Society web site