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2017-11-16Choice Is An Illusion If Not Free
Students making free, self directed choices is a vital part of democratic education.
2017-11-16Personalized Learning for Two-Legged Walking[_]Computers
Behavior Modification Trumps Self-Directed Education
2017-11-16La Escuela Mata la Creatividad
“¡La diferencia es abismal!”: Rebecka Koritz nos comparte las observaciones hechas dentro de sus proyectos educativos sobre el nivel creativo de niños escolarizados y de niños desescolarizados.
2017-10-16The Power of Story
Encouraging homeschoolers, unschoolers, and those who attend alternative schools to change the world through personal narrative
2017-10-16SDE and the UNCRC Part 2: Education as ‘Compulsory’
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines the child’s right to an education that is child-friendly and empowering, and that enables the child to enjoy the full range of human rights. Yet, it also makes this ‘compulsory’. Is this the contradiction that it seems to be?
2017-10-16Unschooling In Class
College students gain first-hand insight into the intrigue of unschooling
2017-10-16Living With An Explorer
Like St. Exupery’s “The Little Prince,” my son, Jamie, surely fell to us from some small, distant planet where money doesn’t exist, no one suffers, […]
2017-09-18An Experiment in Schooling
Living in Costa Rica leads one unschooling family to examine the culture of institutionalized schooling.
2017-09-18JUAL is a Jewel of a Journal
Peter Gray Interviews Carlo Ricci, Founder and Editor of the Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning .
2017-09-18The Taming of the American Child
Micromanaging and making kids’ lives risk-free makes them unhappy and unhealthy, and it’s not good for the planet either. Parents can give kids their lives back by refocusing on their own, making everyone more well-adjusted and joyful.
2017-08-16The Key to Learning: Process vs Product in SDE
A beautiful real-life example of how life-learning, process-orientation and collaboration can trump lectures, product-orientation and competition.
2017-08-16Can Teens Self-Direct?
By preserving their innate autonomy, Self-Directed Education helps teens become confident, capable adults earlier than their schooled peers.
2017-08-13An Incomplete and Personal History of the Modern Schools
A romantic tale of becoming involved in the hundred year history of an anarchistic colony of self-directed educators and children
2017-08-13Los Ingredientes de la Educación Autodirigida
Rebecka Koritz explica bajo qué circunstancias los niños y jóvenes aprenden de manera óptima en un contexto de Educación Autodirigida.
2017-07-13The Child’s Right To Education
Exploring the Relationship between SDE and the UNCRC: Part 1: The Good News.
2017-07-13Free Falling With An Autodidactic Autistic
Parents of an Autistic child let engagement, trust, and intuition guide their son’s development
2017-07-13The Naiveté of Love
A former soldier aims to create a more loving world through family-based education
2017-07-13DIWO City: Where Children Decide What to do and How to do It
Children join forces at DIWO City,an adventure space in Madrid, to develop ambitious projects through a combination of free play and democratic meetings where it’s up to the children to decide how they want to spend time together.
2017-06-14Rethinking Learning to Read, by Harriet Pattison — A Book Review
Emma Forde of Rethinking Parenting reviews this important book about learning to read outside of schooling
2017-06-14Werewolf Party: How Playing Can Enhance Self-Directed Learning in an Agile Learning Centre
Relationships are the heart and soul of the community. Here’s how they first developed at Mont-Libre.