Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier
- ISBN-10
- 0920118178
- ISBN-13
- 9780920118177
- Category
- Home schooling
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Author
- Wendy Priesnitz
Description
This passionate collection of essays from the leading edge of educational theory and practice demonstrates how families around the world are embracing the philosophy of life learning. Academics, parents and young people describe why non-compulsory, non-coercive, active, respectful, interest-led, family- and community-based learning from life is growing in popularity and will displace prescribed curriculum, standardized testing and the other regurgitation-based relics of our outmoded school system. This innovative way of learning through living not only foster intellectual development and academic achievement, it allows children and young people to develop an understanding of themselves and their place in modern society so they can create a better world. Life learning is the story of how children can personalize and control their own learning and what adults can do (and stop doing) to help them.
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