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UnschoolingUnschooling (also sometimes referred to as "natural learning", "child-led learning", "discovery learning", or "child-directed learning") is the term given to an increasingly popular method of homeschooling. Under unschooling education, parents act as "facilitators" and are responsible for having a wide-range of resources available to provide their children with a quality education. Proponents of unschooling have a variety of reasons to support their position. Some argue that institutionalizing a child in what they consider a factory model public school is an inefficient use of a child's time since it is one size fits all and is oppressive in the forcing of subjects on a child regardless of whether the child is interested. Proponents may also claim that individualized, child-led learning is more efficient and respectful of a child's time, takes advantage of a child's interests, and allows learning and exploration in depth rather than shallow coverage of a broad range of subjects. The term unschooling was coined by John Holt, author of 10 books on education. John Holt founded the unschooling magazine Growing Without Schooling. A similar model is sometimes used in schools, such as the Sudbury Valley School. Prominent unschooling advocates Resources External links
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