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What is Unschooling?

Unschooling is a movement in education.is that they can only offer a
Basically, it can be seen as learningstandardized, one-size-fits-all
without school. Although unschooling mayeducation. This does not respect the
be considered a form of homeschooling,fact that children do not all learn the
it differs from most homeschooling insame. Children have different learning
that unschooling does not try tostyles, and also have different
recreate the school environment at home.interests and needs. In contrast to
Unschooling lets the child control hismainstream schools, unschoolers keep
or her own education and learning.their children at home and allow them to
Instead of forcing the child to learnexplore their own individual interests
certain material in a certain way,in a way that they want.
unschooling consists of letting theWhile unschooling, the children like
child learn naturally on their own.learning, and they have fun while
Usually, this is done without alearning. For example, a child might see
curriculum, without formal classes, anda bug that interests them and the child
without teachers, but a child can usemay then want to go inside and look up
any of those resources if and when theinformation about that bug. An older
child wants.child who is interested in computers
The unschooling philosophy is based inmight ask for a kit that would allow him
part on the belief that children areor her to build a computer at home.
naturally curious and inquisitive.Since the children are following their
Children want to learn, and they do itown interests and desires, the child
best when left to explore their ownlearns what they will want to know. For
curiosity.example, that child who built the
Unschoolers often believe that schoolscomputer as a kid may grow up to be a
hinder the natural learning process. Incomputer engineer. Had the child gone to
a school, the environment is too rigidmainstream school, the child would not
and unnatural for children to learn athave gotten the chance to explore his or
their best. Additionally, children areher own particular interests at such an
often not interested in what is beingearly age, and would have instead been
taught, since they have no choice in theforced to "learn" a standardized
matter. Having an unwanted "education"education.
shoved down their throats turns the kidsNot everyone thinks unschooling is
off to learning. Because children don'tbetter than mainstream, standardized
like school, they stop wanting to learneducation. At the very least, now you
at all when forced to go to school.know what unschooling is and some of the
A major problem with mainstream schoolsreasons unschoolers prefer it.



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