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2019-04-24Children’s Need for Happiness
Distinguishing between children’s true needs, the satisfaction of which result in their well-being, from their false needs, those needs imposed on them by adults, which frustrate the first ones.
2019-04-11Niños auto-dirigidos, padres escolarizados
El desafío mayor viene de la programación que traen los padres y madres acerca de la educación, la enseñanza versus el aprendizaje y la tóxica presión de la sociedad acerca de lo que necesita un niño para ser exitoso y cómo se supone que debe verse el éxito.
2019-04-08Parte 1: Navegando la transición entre la escuela convencional y el Aprendizaje Auto-Dirigido.
De la transición hacia la autonomía. Aprendizaje auto-dirigido.
2019-04-04That Which Is Learned vs. That Which Is Not Learned, and the Unfair Advantage of Human Nature
When we mandate what children learn, we do not know what they might have learned, discovered, or experienced on their own. Are we needlessly smothering knowledge?
2019-04-01Gambling as Experiential Learning
Some self-directed learners are turning to casino gambling to discover logic and mathematics
2019-03-30An Interview With Alexander Khost
The Editor-in-Chief of Tipping Points recounts his involvement in SDE
2019-03-28A Benevolent Dictator is Still a Dictator
Recently, Houston Sudbury School was included in a video on unschooling for reason.com. See how the school came to that decision, working through differences of opinion regarding participation.
2019-03-18Seas Rising Up, Youth Rising Up
On Friday several self-directed learning centers in New York City joined thousands of other young people worldwide as they walked out of school on climate strike
2019-03-14They Only Get One Childhood
The journey of three children and one parent into Self-Directed Education
2019-03-10Libertad Bajo Responsabilidad
Muchas son las personas que confunden libertad con libertinaje. En este artículo Rebecka Koritz explica las diferencias.
2019-03-07“Take Chances, Make Mistakes, and Get Messy!”
Ms. Frizzle and the future of education
2019-02-28Educare, Educere, Explorare
Discussing the etymology of the word, “education,” arguing that it is problematic, and suggesting a different word as the foundation for a philosophy of learning.
2019-02-14Racial Equity in Self-Directed Education
A transcript of the panelists at the Heartwood ALC Liberation & Education Summit 2019.
2019-02-14Redefining Respect, Part Two
Respect has the consensus of being important, so why are adults yanking it away from our children? Follow me, an unschooler with strong opinions, as I use a short audio series to deconstruct the concept of respect, replacing conventional ideas with a more unschooled perspective.
2019-02-07Todo lo que se necesita son las condiciones apropiadas
Nos hemos alejado tanto de la naturaleza, que no logramos ver la perfección en cada niño. Tan alejados estamos de poder reconocer su innata sabiduría.
2019-01-31Redefining Respect, Part One
Respect has the consensus of being important, so why are adults yanking it away from our children? Follow me, an unschooler with strong opinions, as I use a short audio series to deconstruct the concept of respect, replacing conventional ideas with a more unschooled perspective.
2019-01-24In the Moment: Managing Conflict at North Star
“I just want to know the rule. Can we play the guitar in the common room or not?”
2019-01-17Ours First
Have non-White families even considered this fascinating new way of educating?
2019-01-10The Only Right Way to Learn is Freely
One family’s journey of going through various methods of education, including from one method of Self-Directed Education to another.
2019-01-03Day 50 – Back to the Roots
It all starts with Trust.