#unschooling — Public Fediverse posts

I experienced parenthood as a gauntlet of having to choose between honoring my children's autonomy and needs, and people pleasing.

This interview with Supriya made me reflect back on the last decade of my parenting journey, and how terrifying those early years were. There's a period of time where people are kind if your baby cries, and then a long stretch where a child's every public meltdown is the parent's fault and shame comes strong and fast from all directions.

And then, you learn how to prevent meltdowns and co-regulate but they mostly require setting boundaries. And once you start setting boundaries, the judgement comes at you even more.

Not to mention what happens after--trying to build your own communities of people who trust kids, and all the mess and conflict of community building.

Supriya, like my previous interview with Sue, is "just a mom"--and has a lot to say about that framing.

https://untanglingourselves.com/episode/9bb1d62c/shifting-to-trust-with-supriya-narang

#unschooling #coregulation #feminism

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On a separate but related note: anyone (ideally UK-based but not essential) doing elective home education / child-led learning? #homeed #electivehomeducation #homeschooling #unschooling

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I really like unschooling, because it meshes with my experience that kids are natural learners. But it can really throw people off; they say things like how will kids learn if they don't go to school? The unschooling approach is to first take the brakes off that are preventing learning. Things like forcing kids to learn topics on the school's schedule, grading, and limiting movement for good chunks of the day. These things can seem necessary and effective, but tend to limit self-motivated learning. And they are no fun! The more these pressures are lifted, kids have time to explore their own interests, which leads to rich learning.

With unschooling, there is still plenty for adults to do to help support kids with learning. We can express interest in whatever they find cool. We can help when they get stuck or something is more difficult than expected. And we can explore our own interests and share them with the kids. The kids will want to see what you're up to.

#unschooling
#selfDirectedEducation

I really like unschooling, because it meshes with my experience that kids are natural learners. But it can really throw people off; they say things like how will kids learn if they don't go to school? The unschooling approach is to first take the brakes off that are preventing learning. Things like forcing kids to learn topics on the school's schedule, grading, and limiting movement for good chunks of the day. These things can seem necessary and effective, but tend to limit self-motivated learning. And they are no fun! The more these pressures are lifted, kids have time to explore their own interests, which leads to rich learning.

With unschooling, there is still plenty for adults to do to help support kids with learning. We can express interest in whatever they find cool. We can help when they get stuck or something is more difficult than expected. And we can explore our own interests and share them with the kids. The kids will want to see what you're up to.

#unschooling
#selfDirectedEducation

I really like unschooling, because it meshes with my experience that kids are natural learners. But it can really throw people off; they say things like how will kids learn if they don't go to school? The unschooling approach is to first take the brakes off that are preventing learning. Things like forcing kids to learn topics on the school's schedule, grading, and limiting movement for good chunks of the day. These things can seem necessary and effective, but tend to limit self-motivated learning. And they are no fun! The more these pressures are lifted, kids have time to explore their own interests, which leads to rich learning.

With unschooling, there is still plenty for adults to do to help support kids with learning. We can express interest in whatever they find cool. We can help when they get stuck or something is more difficult than expected. And we can explore our own interests and share them with the kids. The kids will want to see what you're up to.

#unschooling
#selfDirectedEducation

I really like unschooling, because it meshes with my experience that kids are natural learners. But it can really throw people off; they say things like how will kids learn if they don't go to school? The unschooling approach is to first take the brakes off that are preventing learning. Things like forcing kids to learn topics on the school's schedule, grading, and limiting movement for good chunks of the day. These things can seem necessary and effective, but tend to limit self-motivated learning. And they are no fun! The more these pressures are lifted, kids have time to explore their own interests, which leads to rich learning.

With unschooling, there is still plenty for adults to do to help support kids with learning. We can express interest in whatever they find cool. We can help when they get stuck or something is more difficult than expected. And we can explore our own interests and share them with the kids. The kids will want to see what you're up to.

#unschooling
#selfDirectedEducation

I really like unschooling, because it meshes with my experience that kids are natural learners. But it can really throw people off; they say things like how will kids learn if they don't go to school? The unschooling approach is to first take the brakes off that are preventing learning. Things like forcing kids to learn topics on the school's schedule, grading, and limiting movement for good chunks of the day. These things can seem necessary and effective, but tend to limit self-motivated learning. And they are no fun! The more these pressures are lifted, kids have time to explore their own interests, which leads to rich learning.

With unschooling, there is still plenty for adults to do to help support kids with learning. We can express interest in whatever they find cool. We can help when they get stuck or something is more difficult than expected. And we can explore our own interests and share them with the kids. The kids will want to see what you're up to.

#unschooling
#selfDirectedEducation

https://www.europesays.com/it/243876/ regole e limiti della “scuola a casa” (anche per le famiglie nei boschi) #boschi #Cronaca #CronacaItaliana #CronacaItaliana #famiglie #homeschooling #Istruzione #IT #Italia #Italy #limiti #News #Notizie #parentale #regole #scuola #UltimeNotizie #UltimeNotizieENewsDiOggi #UltimeNotizieItalia #UltimeNotizie #UltimeNotizieEnewsDiOggi #UltimeNotizieItalia #unschooling

"I come to SDE partly from that perspective but even more from the perspective of evolutionary biology. I see imposed education as not only morally wrong but ineffective because it ignores and overrides children’s biologically natural ways of educating themselves and, in many, develops a distaste for learning that can interfere with a child’s natural zest for life and the learning that comes with life."

Peter Gray

https://petergray.substack.com/p/self-directed-education-what-is-it

#SDE #Homeeducation #Unschooling #FediLZ

"Proponents of SDE come to it from various perspectives. Many come from a perspective focusing on democratic values. Imposed education always involves a violation of what most democratic thinkers regard as basic human rights – the rights of self-determination, free assembly and free speech, among others. If children can become well educated without coercion, then it would seem to be immoral to subject them to coercive methods."

https://petergray.substack.com/p/self-directed-education-what-is-it

#SDE #Homeeducation #Unschooling #FediLZ

Feeding 11 Without Dairy ~ Mozzarella, Ice Cream, & Ranch Dressing from Scratch https://www.diningandcooking.com/2128270/feeding-11-without-dairy-mozzarella-ice-cream-ranch-dressing-from-scratch/ ##homemaker ##homeschooling #American #AmericanRecipes #homemaking #Homeschool #homestead #homesteading #LargeFamily #Proverbs31 #RanchDressingRecipe #RecipeVideos #Recipes #unschool #unschooling

31 unemployed, elementary school dropout, single, virgin
#unschooling #studytwt #langtwt

https://yuukikonno.com

The #Harmful Ideology of #Radical #Unschooling by Kasia Baba #yt

https://youtu.be/CZQqwuL3_Lc

How should children in the future seize the means of production without the basic tools of reading and writing? This is manufacturing generational ineptness or serfdom. Without being able to formulate their own ideas and grasp more complex topics, they will be doomed to the whims of authority and people who have the aptitude to grasp those concepts. Am I missing here the point 🤔 This is madness. #imho

:solidarity:Domination adulte :solidarity:

La dominante adulte est la matrice de toute les domination

Les jeunes personnes sont les grand oublié des luttes sociales.

"Séparés des adultes et massivement regroupés, par la scolarisation, en une classe d’âge devenue classe sociale (nouvelle classe d’opprimés ?), les jeunes seraient-ils voués à se muer progressivement en classe politique ? Sans doute est-ce souhaitable"

Daliborka Milovanovic

#DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Enfantisme #LuttesDesClasses #Unschooling

@frustrationmagazine
https://frustrationmagazine.fr/domination-adulte

:solidarity: Domination adulte :solidarity:

La dominantion adulte est la matrice de toute les dominations.

Les jeunes personnes sont les grands oubliés des luttes sociales.

"Séparés des adultes et massivement regroupés, par la scolarisation, en une classe d’âge devenue classe sociale (nouvelle classe d’opprimés ?), les jeunes seraient-ils voués à se muer progressivement en classe politique ? Sans doute est-ce souhaitable"

Daliborka Milovanovic

#DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Enfantisme #Infantisme #LutteDesClasses #Unschooling

@frustrationmagazine
https://frustrationmagazine.fr/domination-adulte

:solidarity:Domination adulte :solidarity:

La dominante adulte est la matrice de toute les domination

Les jeunes personnes sont les grand oublié des luttes sociales.

"Séparés des adultes et massivement regroupés, par la scolarisation, en une classe d’âge devenue classe sociale (nouvelle classe d’opprimés ?), les jeunes seraient-ils voués à se muer progressivement en classe politique ? Sans doute est-ce souhaitable"

Daliborka Milovanovic

#DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Enfantisme #LuttesDesClasses #Unschooling

@frustrationmagazine
https://frustrationmagazine.fr/domination-adulte

:solidarity:Domination adulte :solidarity:

La dominante adulte est la matrice de toute les domination

Les jeunes personnes sont les grand oublié des luttes sociales.

"Séparés des adultes et massivement regroupés, par la scolarisation, en une classe d’âge devenue classe sociale (nouvelle classe d’opprimés ?), les jeunes seraient-ils voués à se muer progressivement en classe politique ? Sans doute est-ce souhaitable"

Daliborka Milovanovic

#DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Enfantisme #LuttesDesClasses #Unschooling

@frustrationmagazine
https://frustrationmagazine.fr/domination-adulte

:solidarity:Domination adulte :solidarity:

La dominante adulte est la matrice de toute les domination

Les jeunes personnes sont les grand oublié des luttes sociales.

"Séparés des adultes et massivement regroupés, par la scolarisation, en une classe d’âge devenue classe sociale (nouvelle classe d’opprimés ?), les jeunes seraient-ils voués à se muer progressivement en classe politique ? Sans doute est-ce souhaitable"

Daliborka Milovanovic

#DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Enfantisme #LuttesDesClasses #Unschooling

@frustrationmagazine
https://frustrationmagazine.fr/domination-adulte

Teaching Tip:
No More 'Shoulds'! 🚫 Learning without coercion. Let kids explore their passions & find their own path. Ditch the pressure & embrace intrinsic motivation.

Discover how to foster this: https://page.fo/CIC-course-overview #IntrinsicMotivation #Unschooling

Music track: Last Summer by Aylex
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Teaching Tip:
No More 'Shoulds'! 🚫 Learning without coercion. Let kids explore their passions & find their own path. Ditch the pressure & embrace intrinsic motivation.

Discover how to foster this: https://page.fo/CIC-course-overview #IntrinsicMotivation #Unschooling

Music track: Last Summer by Aylex
Source: https://freetouse.com/music
Free Music Without Copyright (Safe)

30 unemployed, elementary school dropout, single, virgin
#studytwt #unschooling

https://yuukikonno.com

"How people behave under one set of circumstances does not predict how they will behave under a very different set of circumstances."

This is from The Learning Cooperatives website, https://learningcooperatives.org/guiding-principles/, in the context of kids who struggle in school. In a different environment those same kids can thrive.

I find this encouraging. If I am struggling with something, it's probably not because I'm deficient. Maybe it would help to change my environment.
#selfDirectedEducation
#unschooling

"How people behave under one set of circumstances does not predict how they will behave under a very different set of circumstances."

This is from The Learning Cooperatives website, https://learningcooperatives.org/guiding-principles/, in the context of kids who struggle in school. In a different environment those same kids can thrive.

I find this encouraging. If I am struggling with something, it's probably not because I'm deficient. Maybe it would help to change my environment.
#selfDirectedEducation
#unschooling

"How people behave under one set of circumstances does not predict how they will behave under a very different set of circumstances."

This is from The Learning Cooperatives website, https://learningcooperatives.org/guiding-principles/, in the context of kids who struggle in school. In a different environment those same kids can thrive.

I find this encouraging. If I am struggling with something, it's probably not because I'm deficient. Maybe it would help to change my environment.
#selfDirectedEducation
#unschooling

"How people behave under one set of circumstances does not predict how they will behave under a very different set of circumstances."

This is from The Learning Cooperatives website, https://learningcooperatives.org/guiding-principles/, in the context of kids who struggle in school. In a different environment those same kids can thrive.

I find this encouraging. If I am struggling with something, it's probably not because I'm deficient. Maybe it would help to change my environment.
#selfDirectedEducation
#unschooling

Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of school.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/21/crisis-uk-children-homeschooled-parents-pupils-schools?fbclid=IwY2xjawFcG8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcjWdvfMr1-3RzvLHBUWagutKljuqIKDo_AmwX-iinNbiIL58ntRvHHdfQ_aem_DQTGbOgeezxD9iy_18rDKA

#SchoolAnxiety #EBSA
#SchoolTrauma #HomeEducation #Unschooling

Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of school.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/21/crisis-uk-children-homeschooled-parents-pupils-schools?fbclid=IwY2xjawFcG8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcjWdvfMr1-3RzvLHBUWagutKljuqIKDo_AmwX-iinNbiIL58ntRvHHdfQ_aem_DQTGbOgeezxD9iy_18rDKA

#SchoolAnxiety #EBSA
#SchoolTrauma #HomeEducation #Unschooling

Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of school.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/21/crisis-uk-children-homeschooled-parents-pupils-schools?fbclid=IwY2xjawFcG8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcjWdvfMr1-3RzvLHBUWagutKljuqIKDo_AmwX-iinNbiIL58ntRvHHdfQ_aem_DQTGbOgeezxD9iy_18rDKA

#SchoolAnxiety #EBSA
#SchoolTrauma #HomeEducation #Unschooling

Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of school.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/21/crisis-uk-children-homeschooled-parents-pupils-schools?fbclid=IwY2xjawFcG8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcjWdvfMr1-3RzvLHBUWagutKljuqIKDo_AmwX-iinNbiIL58ntRvHHdfQ_aem_DQTGbOgeezxD9iy_18rDKA

#SchoolAnxiety #EBSA
#SchoolTrauma #HomeEducation #Unschooling

Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of school.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/21/crisis-uk-children-homeschooled-parents-pupils-schools?fbclid=IwY2xjawFcG8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcjWdvfMr1-3RzvLHBUWagutKljuqIKDo_AmwX-iinNbiIL58ntRvHHdfQ_aem_DQTGbOgeezxD9iy_18rDKA

#SchoolAnxiety #EBSA
#SchoolTrauma #HomeEducation #Unschooling

The Bitter Lesson by Richard Sutton. A great little article about how compute beats finely crafted models. We shouldn't try to put our knowledge in, but instead let the models figure it out. ...sounds like unschooling! http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
#machinelearning
#theBitterLesson
#unschooling

Absolutely amazing post by Peter Gray on the distinction of Self -Directed Education VS. progressive education.

As someone who aims to work in education, the “standardized” approach is something that disturbs me on a fundamental level.

Never mind the ineffectiveness of the concept, it utterly fails to take into account children’s need to learn through play and self-discovery.

In this article, Peter breaks down the differences in progressive education and Self-Directed Education, which are two alternatives to the travesty that is standardized education while also proposing his takes on why he feels that #SelfdDirectedEducation will eventually circle back into popularity and preference.

Differences Between Self-Directed and Progressive Education
Self-Directed Education, not progressive education, is the wave of the future.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-learn/201706/differences-between-self-directed-and-progressive-education

#Unschooling #Education #ThinkAboutIt

@Saupreiss wenn die Überprüfung des Leistungsstandes zu eng gesetzt ist, ermöglicht das #Homeschooling, aber kein #Unschooling und schränkt die Selbstbestimmungsrechte junger Menschen weiterhin ein. #Adultismus.

Ich fände bei einer Regulierung vor allem wichtig, dass es Mechanismen gibt, um Anzeichen für #Isolation und #Indoktrination zu erkennen und dann entsprechend einzugreifen. Und dass der #Kindeswille für Ausnahmen von der #Schulpflicht entscheidend ein entsprechendes Kriterium ist.

I'm interested in connections between how humans learn and how machine learning/AI systems learn. In particular, I've been fascinated by unschooling and how people can thrive when they are give autonomy in a loving environment. What would giving a machine learning system autonomy in a loving environment look like?

#machinelearning
#unschooling
#learning
#autonomy
#selfdirectededucation

I'm interested in connections between how humans learn and how machine learning/AI systems learn. In particular, I've been fascinated by unschooling and how people can thrive when they are give autonomy in a loving environment. What would giving a machine learning system autonomy in a loving environment look like?

#machinelearning
#unschooling
#learning
#autonomy
#selfdirectededucation

I'm interested in connections between how humans learn and how machine learning/AI systems learn. In particular, I've been fascinated by unschooling and how people can thrive when they are give autonomy in a loving environment. What would giving a machine learning system autonomy in a loving environment look like?

#machinelearning
#unschooling
#learning
#autonomy
#selfdirectededucation

I'm interested in connections between how humans learn and how machine learning/AI systems learn. In particular, I've been fascinated by unschooling and how people can thrive when they are give autonomy in a loving environment. What would giving a machine learning system autonomy in a loving environment look like?

#machinelearning
#unschooling
#learning
#autonomy
#selfdirectededucation

#introduction Hi I'm David (he/him), and I've been enjoying this network for a little while now, and slowly getting the hang of it. I'm married and a dad. We have two boys, 5 and 2. I'm a #physicist into #software and #machinelearning. I work at a early stage company, Spheryx, developing new ways to do #particlecharacterization. Recently I've been interested in #unschooling, #ecology, #permaculture, #connection, #economics, #opensource, #foss, #selfdirectededucation, #elixir, and, #puns. 😀 🦕 🌳

#introduction Hi I'm David (he/him), and I've been enjoying this network for a little while now, and slowly getting the hang of it. I'm married and a dad. We have two boys, 5 and 2. I'm a #physicist into #software and #machinelearning. I work at a early stage company, Spheryx, developing new ways to do #particlecharacterization. Recently I've been interested in #unschooling, #ecology, #permaculture, #connection, #economics, #opensource, #foss, #selfdirectededucation, #elixir, and, #puns. 😀 🦕 🌳

#introduction Hi I'm David (he/him), and I've been enjoying this network for a little while now, and slowly getting the hang of it. I'm married and a dad. We have two boys, 5 and 2. I'm a #physicist into #software and #machinelearning. I work at a early stage company, Spheryx, developing new ways to do #particlecharacterization. Recently I've been interested in #unschooling, #ecology, #permaculture, #connection, #economics, #opensource, #foss, #selfdirectededucation, #elixir, and, #puns. 😀 🦕 🌳

#introduction Hi I'm David (he/him), and I've been enjoying this network for a little while now, and slowly getting the hang of it. I'm married and a dad. We have two boys, 5 and 2. I'm a #physicist into #software and #machinelearning. I work at a early stage company, Spheryx, developing new ways to do #particlecharacterization. Recently I've been interested in #unschooling, #ecology, #permaculture, #connection, #economics, #opensource, #foss, #selfdirectededucation, #elixir, and, #puns. 😀 🦕 🌳