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Taking Children Seriously

unschooling

Isn’t school necessary for children to learn?

A child who is completely free to learn and whose learning is not being monitored and assessed is empowered. Their learning is for themselves, not because an authority figure asked them to memorise and regurgitate a set of facts or ideas.

Don’t tell me I can’t: An ambitious homeschooler’s journey, by Cole Summers: a book review

Surely kids need to be forced to learn maths?

What if my child both hates school and likes being in school with all his friends?

Home education in Britain

Home education law – Phillips v Brown

Beware the homeschooling mentality

Both coercion and “doing nothing” are mistakes

Children have to do what they themselves think is right, with no pressure whatsoever – that’s what non-coercion amounts to – but they also have a right to be told morality as best we see it.

Unschooling and Karl Popper

Is unschooling taking children seriously? 3

Covert educational coercion

Is unschooling taking children seriously? 2

Instruction does not address the immediate moment-by-moment concerns and questions of the learner

Is unschooling taking children seriously? 1

The education game

Television vs. workbooks

What does the UK do about homeschoolers not educating their kids?

Unschooling is not the same as non-coercive education

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