Technokat, Ltd. is engaged in the development and administration of educational programs, utilizing its own proprietary educational plans and unique devices, based upon the pedagogical premise of “Investigate and Redesign”
We believe that:
“What I Hear – I Forget,
What I See – I Remember,
What I Make – I Understand”
(Chinese Proverb)
Technokat Educational Programs employ a multi-tiered approach that facilitates the acquisition of scientific principles through ‘hands-on’ activities focused on technological concepts with the goal of the developing a participant’s scientific thinking and raising his/her level of technological competence. Each Technokat Educational Program consists of four basic components:
• Freely exploringing technological devices to uncover underlying physical phenomena
• Investigating those physical phenomena, systematically, to discover the underlying scientific principles
• Applying the principles learned while exhibiting an understanding of technological design skills by building a device
• Designing and constructing a new technological system utilizing the acquired scientific and technological knowledge within the educational guidelines of Problem Based Learning
• Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs are multi-disciplinary integrating the learning of science and technology with literature, history, mathematics, language, geography and the arts
• Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs contain no unrevealed elements, students learn what they can attempt, inquire and discover through the learning process
• There are no hidden costs, Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs come complete with all elements necessary including teacher and students manuals and device creation kits
• Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs can be used as a supplement to the existing curriculum or to create a unique “whole” learning environment.
• Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs address all fields of a child’s growth including sensory motor, cognitive, social and emotional development, while conveying the scientific and technological principles necessary for advancement in today’s world
• Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs are modular and can be tailored with the specific requirements of any educational environment
• Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs can be adapted for and utilized with a wide range of differing groups – standard educational classrooms in both public and private schools, for the learning challenged and those with special needs, disadvantaged youth, gifted children
• All Technokat, Ltd. Educational Programs are provided with full academic instruction and support
