Unschooling and Curriculum

Taken from a graduate lecture, this episode focuses on unschooling and trusting children to create their own learning.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• unschooling
• deschooling
• homeschool
• school
• education
• carlo
• ricci
• teacher
• alternative
• parenting
• children
• physical
• science

[ThePinkBookworm]

So true, so true. As a teenager who has been unschooled all her life, I say THIS VIDEO ROCKS! I learned to read in the beginning at like 3 or 4 because I wanted to and because my parents at the time were following a homeschool method. But I have never looked back. I hope that this video will help others to see Unschooling the way I do. great job!

Li Li

[hilarycg]

The majorproblem i had with unschooling my son all the way through 12th grade was that his math skills were severely behind. he had to take several courses to "catch up" at the community college level and is now at a decent level of capability....My 6-1/2 yr old is not yet reading. Competitive society and bragging parents are the reason for the big push on childhood smarts and activities.

[toweronepower]

@simonealisa Dr. Is a title won by the mainstream education system requiring mainstraem qualifications

[simonealisa]

@toweronepower how so? If an unschooler wanted to become a doctor, they'd do what it takes to get there. That's the whole point.

[xander7ful]

The concept of unschooling is well-meaning. But there needs to be a certain amount of structure in children's lives first. I think it can be done at home, but there need to be a minimum of standards & milestones met by parents, such as the minimum age a child should start learning to read is 7. These parents don't need to homeschool, but they need to be accountable & do more than they're doing now. It's ruining the kids.

[toweronepower]

Ironic they use a doctor for this

[shmee1961]

@IndigoMisfit My unschooled kid also gets to meet new people (way more than if he were in school), try new things and take interesting classes. We travel, visit museums and art galleries, go to the symphony and other musical events of all types (he loves music). We also have a community of unschooling friends, and the kids have decided to start a drama club, a book club and a cooking club together. The major wasting of time and breaking of his spirit is something I chose to avoid!

[Nellsing]

@IndigoMisfit Teamwork or collectivism?

[Nellsing]

@Nellsing given exclusive prestige.

[Nellsing]

@hilarycg The school system itself thus also socially engineers socio-economic class according to this conformism and, as a quasi-monopoly allied with the business sector, automatically disqualifies unschooled children by its own standards that it has artificially propped up as the dominant criteria for success. With public schools making private schools more expensive (since you still have to pay for public school even if not attending), the poor are sent to bad schools while the rich are

[Nellsing]

@hilarycg That's the problem. The comeptition is because of the school system itself, which is an institution founded upon the belief in imposing and monopolizing what is to be considered knowledge for the next generation, imposing one's own idea of what is important and valuable knowledge, and delaying specialization, as well as an attack on signs of (what we as a culture decide to be) ignorance in contrast with an emphasis and admiration for the uniqueness of the individual.