The authors have numbered the principles for identification purpose only and claim
that no principle is more important than any other. While each principle has a specific
focus and function, they are all interconnected and do not standalone. The researchers
claim that understanding and using these principles in the classroom can provide enriched
environments that help students learn and are consistent with constructivist learning, an
approach that they support. They claim that these principles promote natural learning:
something that is not widely appreciated in education. They suggest that all principles are
divided into three fundamental elements of great teaching that must be mastered by
teachers. It is critical to understand that these three elements have profound effects on each
other and are in fact interrelated. The three fundamental elements are:relaxed alertness
(optimal mind-state), enriched experience and experience processing.Each of these
elements relates to four of the principles, as detailed below.