The project was based on the theories of social constructivism, which stress the students role in creating their own understanding of the material being taught and how that understanding takes place within the framework of their social reality.
Verkefnið var unnið með hliðsjón af kenningum félagslegrar hugsmíðahyggju en þær kenningar leggja sérstaka áherslu á hlutverk nemenda í að móta sinn eigin skilning á kennsluefni út frá þeim félagslega veruleika sem nemandi býr við.