Constructionism

This is a philosophy of education in which children learn by doing and experiencing. They explore and discover instead of being force fed information.

Much more on this topic can be found by exploring Google using keywords such as "constructionism", "education", "philosophy". One small start is here: http://mia.openworldlearning.org/constructivism.htm

More info can be found on Seymour Papert's website: http://www.papert.org

Also this wikipedia article on constructionist learning