Unschooling: exploring learning beyond the classroom
by Riley, Gina
This book explores the history of the unschooling movement and the forces shaping the trajectory of the movement in current times. As an increasing number of families choose to unschool, it becomes important to further study this philosophical and educational movement. It is also essential to ascribe theory to the movement, to gain greater understanding of its workings as well as to increase the legitimacy of unschooling itself. In this book, Riley provides a useful overview of the unschooling …
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- Full title :Unschooling : exploring learning beyond the classroom / Gina Riley.
Summary
This book explores the history of the unschooling movement and the forces shaping the trajectory of the movement in current times. As an increasing number of families choose to unschool, it becomes important to further study this philosophical and educational movement. It is also essential to ascribe theory to the movement, to gain greater understanding of its workings as well as to increase the legitimacy of unschooling itself. In this book, Riley provides a useful overview of the unschooling movement, grounding her study in the choices and challenges facing families as they consider different paths towards educating their children outside of traditional school systems.
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- Publication Date:2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Cham, Switzerland
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 159 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:3030492915, 9783030492915
- oclc:on1153296314
- LC Classification:LC40
- Dewey Decimal:371.04/2
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Overview of Unschooling -- 3. Theoretical Perspectives -- 4. Exploring the Growth of Homeschooling and Unschooling -- 5. The Spectrum of Unschooling -- 6. Paths to Unschooling -- 7. Subject Based Learning in Unschooling -- 8. The Challenges and Benefits of Unschooling -- 9. Grown Unschooling Outcomes -- 10. Branches of Unschooling -- 11. Unschooling Growth and Next Steps.-
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