#self-directed education

[ishifishinstuffworld-blog]

[parentingspeaker]

Unschooling To University Book is Ready to Launch - Help us Kickstarter It!

Unschooling To University Book is Ready to Launch – Help us Kickstarter It!

Help us get the word out! We are promoting the concept, research and implementation of SELF-DIRECTED EDUCATION (both in and out of school).  I’ve had to wait until we had our third university graduate. We’ve launched a project on Kickstarter! For as little as $10, (in which you get a copy of the book), you can support the costs of launching the book titled Unschooling To University: How to…

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[parentingspeaker]

Self-Directed Kids Don’t Miss Out on Learning Pro-Social Behaviours Children raised in self-directed environments are kind, giving and empathetic. Just as school is a community, so is a family who unschools.

[fuckyeahradicaled]

The darling of the Innovative Learning Environment case studies is the Jenaplan School in Germany. It’s one of the few schools embodying all the principles fluidly. The school has about 450 students that range three to 20 years old. Students aren’t broken up into grade levels, instead they learn in mixed-age groups as well as in groups of roughly the same age. Learning is directed by students, often project-based, evaluated primarily through writing and projects, self-assessments and peer-assessment. The schedule is periodic, focusing on a topic like geography or history for three to four weeks and crossing into multiple disciplines. The teacher is seen as an active mentor and coordinator and the school has active parental involvement.

7 Essential Principles of Innovative Learning

I don't agree with everything here (for instance that "Learning is a social practice and can’t happen alone." I think learning happens quite well with both others AND alone!), but it's interesting and encouraging that more and more educator's are realizing how important self-directed learning is.

[fuckyeahradicaled]

Text reads: ...dozens of research studies have shown that when people choose to perform some task, they perform it more fully and effectively than when they feel compelled by others to perform it. When compelled, they tend to do the minimum necessary to meet the requirements...Everyone, regardless of age, prefers freedom and self-direction to rigid control by others. When we compel children to "learn" in school, they are inclined to do the least possible learning that they can get away with, just as adults are in similar circumstances. -Peter Gray (Freedom to Learn)