Natural Critical Learning Environment Too

They try to answer questions or solve problems they find interesting, intriguing, important, or beautiful;

They can try to answer the question or solve the problems then receive feedback and try again before anyone "grades" them on their efforts;

They can work collaboratively with other learners struggling with the same problems;

They have lots of opportunities to speculate about possible answers or solutions even before they know much about the subject, and to receive feedback on those speculations;

They face repeated challenges to their existing fundamental paradigms;

They can get support (emotional, physical, and intellectual) when they need it;

They care that their existing paradigms do not work;

They believe that they are in control of their own learning, not manipulated;

They believe that their work will be considered fairly and honestly;

They believe that their work will matter, that it will have significant consequences for themselves and/or their world;

They believe that intelligence and abilities are expandable, that if they work hard, they will get better at it;

They believe other people have faith in their ability to learn;

They believe that they can learn;

They have an opportunity to "do the discipline" before they fully "know the discipline; in other words, they have an opportunity to learn by doing;

They have an opportunity to learn inductively moving from specific example and experience to general principles, rather than from the general to the specific.