The Unschooling Movement

According to the National Education Statistics Center last year nearly 50 million American students attended public schools, of which nearly 6 million attended private schools. More than 2 million students go to school at home, so more and more people are giving up on one of them. But with the latter group, educational campaigns are totally different from traditional school education, that is, non-school education. As with other sports, ways of thinking and lifestyle, the way people define sports varies. It can be explained as child-driven learning, natural learning and interest-driven learning.

The best evidence I know that mathematics is not difficult comes from people involved in non-school sports at Sudbury and the experience of "non school" school movements. I wrote these actions in the last article. Families of preschool children's family education do not offer courses for children or assess their learning in some formal way. Sudbury School is a school based on Sudbury Valley School. Where children of all ages can interact with anyone they chose for free and pursue their interests. Preschoolers and Sudbury students ignore our cultural beliefs and understand what children have to do to succeed in society. All available evidence suggests that children in these environments will control their lives and grow into a happy, productive, and ethical member of a larger society that continues to learn through adulthood To do. , Please look at my post on August 13, 2008)

"Education other than school" means studying in a formal school environment, meaning that children can learn most naturally, and can follow their own interests. Education other than school is not an emphasis on formal academic research but contributes to natural lifelong learning. Non-school education can be a legal education option that can be for the best interests of the child, but in some cases the parents may choose non-school education as an excuse for real education negligence It may be used. These people may misunderstand the formal academic learning depreciation in non school education. In other words, efforts to promote children's learning are unnecessary. Back to top

Witterick practices non-school education, and in a division of family education, it focuses on learning the beliefs to be driven by the curiosity of children. There are no transcripts, textbooks or tests. For children other than pre-school children, learning is asking questions and asking questions. "It is not a matter of robbery from 9 am to 3 pm, business day planning, implementation, and evaluation on buildings of people of the same age by other people," Witterick said. The movement of the edge is increasing. In autumn last year, dozens of families gathered at a non-school education conference in Toronto.