Unschooling and Informal Learning Models



 

 

“Where does learning happen?”
… The answer depends on who you ask.

 

You don’t need a classroom to learn
… My experience as a learner, a teacher and an artist

 

Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught 

- George Savile

 

Tell me, and I will forget.
Show me, and I may remember.
Involve me, and I will understand.
- Confucius, 450 B.C.

 

 

“…[T]here is an intimate and necessary relation between the processes of actual experience and education.”
- John Dewey, 1938

 

 

 

Dewey stressed the importance of democracy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friere labeled formal education oppressive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illich called for the disestablishment of the school system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holt believed formal schooling was harmful to children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unschooling is a range of educational philosophies and practices centered on allowing children to learn through their natural life experiences, including play, game play, household responsibilities, work experience, and social interaction, rather than through a more traditional school curriculum.

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