02844cam a2200385 i 4500 1454215372 TxGeo 20240712120000.0 190301s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019005123 9781641600637 trade pbk. 1641600632 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1055682663 TxGeo rda Mcdonald, Kerry, author. Unschooled : raising curious, well-educated children outside the conventional classroom / Kerry McDonald ; foreword by Peter Gray, PhD. Un-schooled : raising curious, well-educated children outside the conventional classroom. First edition. Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2019] xix, 266 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index. Playing school -- What is unschooling? -- The roots of unschooling -- Childhood isn't what it used to be -- Natural literacy and numeracy -- Tech-enabled unschooling -- Unschooling resource centers -- Unschooling schools -- Unschooled teens -- Out-of-school unschooling -- An unschooled future. "Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse group of individuals and organizations are evolving an old schooling model of education. These innovators challenge the myth that children need to be taught in order to learn. They are parents who saw firsthand how schooling can dull children's natural curiosity and exuberance and others who decided early on to enable their children to learn without school. Educators who left public school classrooms discuss launching self-directed learning centers to allow young people's innate learning instincts to flourish, and entrepreneurs explore their disillusionment with the teach-and-test approach of traditional schooling"-- Provided by publisher. 20240724. Non-formal education United States. Home schooling United States. Self-culture United States. Education Aims and objectives United States. Educational change United States. Gray, Peter C, author of foreword. QS5