Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author McDonald, Kerry, 1977- author.

Title Unschooled : raising curious, well-educated children outside the conventional classroom / Kerry McDonald, foreword by Peter Gray, PhD.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2019]
1 hold on first copy returned of 2 copies

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Parent Collection  J PS 371.042 MCDONALD    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  PRNT 371.042 MCDONALD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xix, 266 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Non-formal education -- United States.
Home schooling -- United States.
Self-culture -- United States.
Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Educational change -- United States.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.
EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education.
Education -- Aims and objectives. (OCoLC)fst00902507
Educational change. (OCoLC)fst00903371
Home schooling. (OCoLC)fst00959374
Non-formal education. (OCoLC)fst01038508
Self-culture. (OCoLC)fst01111560
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Online version: McDonald, Kerry, 1977- author. Unschooled First edition. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2019 9781641600644 (DLC) 2019014191
ISBN 9781641600637 (paperback)
1641600632 (paperback)
-->
Add a Review