Putting Flow Theory Into Educational Practice: The Key School’s Flow Activities Room

The Benton Center for Curriculum and Instruction. (1991, May 1). Putting Flow Theory Into Educational Practice: The Key School's Flow Activities Room. (ED338381 ed.). Chicago, IL

This article is an analysis of an active experiment in education, perhaps even an example of action research: the Key School in Indianapolis has a Flow Activities Room, that provides a mix of structure and freedom, with the goal of encouraging students to work on projects, ideas, and activities that motivated them. Students spent four hours a week in the FAR, and the authors identify the concept of “challenging play” as being central to the goals of the group of teachers who started the school and built the FAR.