Unschooling Philosophy of education

unschooling range of educational philosophies , practices centered on allowing children learn through natural life experiences, including child directed play, game play, household responsibilities, work experience, , social interaction, rather through more traditional school curriculum. unschooling encourages exploration of activities led children themselves, facilitated adults. unschooling differs conventional schooling principally in thesis standard curricula , conventional grading methods, other features of traditional schooling, counterproductive goal of maximizing education of each child.

john holt

in 1964 holt published first book, how children fail, asserting academic failure of schoolchildren not despite efforts of schools, because of schools. not surprisingly, how children fail ignited firestorm of controversy. holt catapulted american national consciousness extent made appearances on major tv talk shows, wrote book reviews life magazine, , guest on tell truth tv game show. in follow-up work, how children learn, published in 1967, holt tried elucidate learning process of children , why believed school short circuits process.