Unschooling

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Unschooling is an increasingly popular home education method. Rather than forcing children to learn what is assumed to be best for them, parents act as facilitators who help children find the resources they need for following their own interests. Being a facilitator, rather than just a teacher of what's best, requires more preparation: facilitators must have a good overall knowledge of what's available and how to find it.

The term unschooling was coined by John Holt, author of 10 books on education. John Holt founded Growing Without Schooling.

Contents 1 Prominent unschooling advocates 2 Resources 3 External links 3.1 References

Prominent unschooling advocates

• John Holt
• John Taylor Gatto
• Grace Llewellyn

Resources

• The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn

External links

• Unschooling.org
• Unschooling.com, website with essays and forums
• History of unschooling
• Growing Without Schooling
• John Holt Bookstore
• Unschooling in France - "to live together" and not "educate" (links in English too)
• Unschooling & Social Change

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Unschooling" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling, used under the GNU Free Documentation License