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2020-10-08The Token, Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization
Meet the new black friend you never had.
2020-07-18Reflections of a Germinating Facilitator
Maintaining a garden can help to change one’s thinking.
2020-04-23Micro-Schools May Be the Future of Education
A discussion of how self-directed spaces are able to flex in this time of crisis.
2020-03-27To Brighten Your Day
Artwork created and performed by self-directed children during Coronavirus mandated quarantine.
2020-03-18Community Updates on COVID-19
Ten members of SDE communities discuss their reactions to COVID-19 and quarantine.
2020-03-17Love and Learning in a Time of Coronavirus
Recent journal entries from the Director of one self-directed center.
2020-03-05What Happens When People Start Designing Their Own Learning Paths?
How I designed an “informal PhD” and what other folks are doing in the same direction.
2020-02-27Between Childhood and Maturity
Adults act as if there is an invisible barrier between childhood and adulthood. Suddenly, you expect me to make a difference….but you can’t expect the very people you ridiculed to save you.
2020-02-20Adult Playgrounds
Modeling play and freedom for adults (in hopes that it will help some adults deschool).
2020-01-30From “Video Game Addict” to Computer Programmer
A lifelong unschooler and recent “graduate” of self-directed program Pathfinder Community School transitioned from being obsessed with Minecraft to mastering multiple computer languages in less than a year.
2020-01-20Austin joins Flying Squads as a Collaborator
The latest SDE community to join the recent Flying Squad movement of stepping out of space pre-defined for youth.
2020-01-16Aterrizando depois do ALF (Agile Learning Facilitators)
Aprendendo a ser a mudança que eu quero no mundo.
2020-01-01(Self-Directed) Education is a Political Act
A look at the various current definitions of “freedom” in Self-Directed Education, their historic roots, and their correlation to political ideologies.
2019-11-21Re-Directed Attention
Or, what would Dr. Peter Gray’s, “What Einstein, Twain, & Forty Eight Others Said About School” sound like sourced from my library.
2019-10-24The Limits of Trusting Children
Children should be trusted to make the decisions that are relevant to their education and life. Self-Directed Education requires that adults trust children. However, there are limits to that trust.
2019-10-10No sueltes el liderazgo
Hay muchos y diferentes estilos de crianza. Este artículo se dirige a los papás que tienden a confundir una crianza respetuosa y pacífica con la falta de liderazgo.
2019-07-04Fear and Loathing with Self-Directed Learners
A first person account of self-directed learners taking appropriate risk, managing anger and fear. Further musing and speculation about the nature of fear and adult discomfort with children taking risks.
2019-05-06Los Riesgos de la Educación Autodirigida
¿Cuáles son los verdaderos riesgos de la Educación Autodirigida? En este artículo Rebecka Koritz examina los mitos y los miedos acerca de esta innovadora opción educativa.
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.