Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom Audiobook (Free)

As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of youth than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the function of schooling in society. Most are now exploring and creating alternatives. Within a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights what sort of diverse band of individuals and businesses are evolving an old schooling model of education. These innovators challenge the misconception that children have to be taught in order to find out. They are parents who noticed firsthand how schooling can boring children’s natural curiosity and exuberance and other people who decided early on to allow their children to learn without school. Teachers who remaining public-school classrooms discuss introducing self-directed learning centers to permit youthful people’s innate learning instincts to flourish, and entrepreneurs explore their disillusionment using the teach-and-test strategy of traditional schooling.