#interest-based learning

[selfdirectedlife]

My early interest in plants and the natural world was very apparent to my parents, and they nurtured it gently by simply allowing me to do what I loved doing. There was no song and dance made about it, just the act of creating a space in which I could pursue my interest.

Dan Pearson

[csrstories]

Non-Traditional Education Provider Outschool Raises $110M at $3B Valuation

Non-Traditional Education Provider Outschool Raises $110M at $3B Valuation

Outschool, an online marketplace for kid-friendly enrichment classes, has raised $110 million in its Series D funding, bringing its valuation to $3 billion just four months after hitting unicorn status. Founded in 2015 by Amir Nathoo, Mikhail Seregine, and Nick Grandy, Outschool provides a marketplace of live online classes for kids ages 3 to 18. It connects learners, parents, and teachers to…

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[selfdirectedlife]

The importance of a child’s authentic interest cannot be overemphasized. Without it, learning is like pushing a boulder uphill. With it, we’re pushing the boulder downhill. Note: Learning occurs in both directions. So why do we usually go with the uphill option?

Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners

[selfdirectedlife]

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

[sunflowercreativearts]

Brian's learning story

On Sunflower Blog: Brian's learning story

Leslie Cooper, a teacher at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Florida, shares a story about a learning experience that took place in her junior kindergarten classroom. It’s a beautiful example of child-led, community-based learning (the kind we believe in at Sunflower!) in a more traditional classroom setting.

There was a monumental leap in learning in our classroom, recently, for a child…

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[sunflowercreativearts]

The Possibility of Something Really Important Happening It's always there– A tiny spark, and a space opens up. The idea bubbles, it gains momentum and cracks wide open.

[independently-my-own]

by CHRISTINAPILKINGTON on JANUARY 2, 2013

Throughout the year, I’ve kept a habit of bookmarking my favorite posts, videos and articles about those subjects. I don’t always get a chance to read them right away, but it’s so nice to have them all housed in one spot when I get a chance to do a little reading.

Last year I shared my top 50 favorite posts about interest-led learning, unschooling and self-directed learning in 2011.

I’m back again to share my top 50 again this year. There are so many great things here. Not all of these posts and videos will appeal to you, but I’m sure that there are quite a few that will. [ more ]

[abandoned-angels]

HIRP - I'm not interested at all... not even slightly.

I hate when teachers decide to give the class one umbrella topic, in this case, Immigration, and it's something that everyone isn't interested in, but they still have to write the paper. Do teachers realize how hard it is to write about something that you're not even slightly interested in? If my teacher would've given me a legitimate reason for choosing Immigration as a topic (he said he knew a lot about it and that we could all relate to it) then I may have been okay with writing this paper. Of course, I'm still going to write it because it accounts for a huge chunk of my English grade (25%) as well as my Government grade (another 25%). What makes me so angry is that I'd have preferred to choose my own topic, something I was interested in and wanted to investigate (hence the term Historical Investigation... also hence the "interest-based" model of Big Picture Learning).... When I'm not working on something I have even the slightest interest in, it's like a running a marathon to complete it... It's two days before this 1500 word paper on The California Dream Act is due, and I've only got an introductory paragraph (because I'm great at introducing things).