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2018-12-20Back Home: self-directed learning in fiction
Most children’s books reinforce the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling. Back Home by Michelle Magorian is an exception, with the heroine Rusty ending up at an early democratic school which is presented as a common sense and humane approach to education.
2018-12-12What Are You Up To?
The weekly routine in the wonderful life of an Agile Learning Facilitator.
2018-12-06Change up Change Up
How new perspectives brought about empathy at an Agile Learning Center.
2018-12-06Agile Learning Centers, Liberated Learners, and Sudbury Schools: What’s the Difference?
An exploration of three popular models for supporting self-directed learners.
2018-11-29Schooling’s Assault on Young Anti-Authoritarians
In this excerpt from Resisting Illegitimate Authority, Bruce E. Levine surveys the means by which conventional schooling punishes anti-authoritarian impulses and primes children for conformity.
2018-11-26Self Directed Stories: Unschooling in China
Iris Chen, author of the blog Untigering, shares about her family’s SDE journey, #SelfDirectedStories
2018-11-21¿Controlar o confiar?
Nuestra falta de confianza en los niños genera la necesidad de controlarlos a ellos y lo que aprenden, cómo y cuándo. Rebecka Koritz explica su punto de vista.
2018-11-16Role for Initiative
An examination of role playing games as a microcosm of healthy Self-Directed Education environments
2018-11-12The Unschooled Engineer
How a teenager who has been unschooling can begin preparation for academic study of STEM.
2018-11-04John Taylor Gatto In Memoriam for ASDE
John Taylor Gatto (1935–2018) was an award-winning schoolteacher and author whose public embrace of Self-Directed Education in the 1990s shocked many educators and motivated many […]
2018-11-02What Makes a School Successful: Are the Kids Happy?
Young people are happier at Sudbury than the students in conventional schools because of three important aspects of the Sudbury model. Sudbury provides a place of happiness by removing arbitrary stresses, by allowing students autonomy, and by giving space for true socialization.
2018-10-24Just Be In Relationship
Trust and authenticity are central to the practice of Self-Directed Education.
2018-10-17Give Kids Control
What does it take to raise self-directed learners: kids who wants to do stuff, make stuff, and learn stuff on their own, without coercion?
2018-10-10Not So Clever?
One of the hidden lessons of school is that we can be categorised by our ability, which then affects how we see ourselves and other people. This makes no sense within self-directed education, meaning that learners can retain their trust and joy in their capacity to learn.
2018-10-05¿Cómo elegir la “mejor educación” para tus hijos?
Todos los papás quieren brindar a sus hijos la mejor educación, pero ¿cómo te aseguras de hacer la elección adecuada para ellos?
2018-09-26Luka
Luka has had a totally self-directed education. This article discusses the vital foundations of that education, especially the Continuum Concept.
2018-09-11The American School System Is Destroying The Voice Of Young Writers
The strict guidelines of a graded writing system destroys passionate writing in schools.
2018-09-07Update Available: Why Big Tech is in the Business of Education Reform
Contrasting the philosophy and practices of the Agile Learning Center with the motives behind the collaboration of compulsory school systems and the tech industry.
2018-08-31An Intersection
Musings on the best possible way to be with one another
2018-08-21Organized Sports Are Not Play
How organized sports have co-opted play and why early organized sports aren’t a great option for kids.