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Unschooled
- Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Publisher's Summary
As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives.
In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse group of individuals and organizations are evolving an old schooling model of education. These innovators challenge the myth that children need to be taught in order to learn. They are parents who saw firsthand how schooling can dull children’s natural curiosity and exuberance, and others who decided early on to enable their children to learn without school. Educators who left public school classrooms discuss launching self-directed learning centers to allow young people’s innate learning instincts to flourish, and entrepreneurs explore their disillusionment with the teach-and-test approach of traditional schooling.
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- Bessue
- 16-08-2021
Eye opening
I loved this book. I especially loved hearing about examples of the families and schools. It’s very thorough and takes on all the difficult aspects of unschooling.
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- Amy D
- 19-01-2020
Every teacher in training should read this
This book is so much more insightful than any education textbook assigned to me during my Education degree. It is well researched, adjective and inspires hope for the future of education. It discusses the history of the modern school system, the impact of set curriculums, the risks of educational labels, innovative community programs from the library to the playground and the potential of unschooling and self-directed learning centres to support childrens' learning in the real world.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-2022
Informative and Easy to listen to
An easy listen, full of relevant information, backed by research. Gives a different approach to the whole "unschooling" theme, which is nice.
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- Anne Martin
- 23-09-2022
Must read for all parents
This is a really important book! I've started on myn school journey , now more inspired than ever
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- Terri
- 23-09-2021
Probably awesome for Americans
While the book offered good general info on unschooling, it wasn't anything you couldn't get from other books that are solely dedicated to the philosophy itself. It seemed that many chapters were dedicated to stories about people/organisations/centres that offer up unschooling services/communities/buildings in America. This would be excellent for those in the USA because you could look up the MANY many places and key people the author mentions, however for someone outside of the USA it's a lot of the same info on things available to those who live there. Again, I still got some good info, it just wasn't what I was expecting I guess, which was a lot more info on unschooling itself and the philosophy and less testimonials from people who started child-led learning centres. This is the first book I've ever returned to audible for a refund to pick something more suitable. Again, If you are in the USA, definitely worth the listen. But if you're in Aus like me, skip it and find a better option on the topic such as something from John Holt
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