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More resources on sELF-dIRECTED LEARNING

fEATURED VIDEO

Yaacov Hecht on Democratic Education

Articles/Books/Papers

  • Peter Gray: Freedom to Learn -  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn
  • Another Way is Possible, By Derry Hannam
  • Coronavirus School Closures: An Educational Opportunity -https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/202003/coronavirus-school-closures-educational-opportunity​
  • From Schoolish to Self-Directed: 5 Beliefs to Practice + 7 Traps to Avoid for Confident Self-Directed Education at Home. Audio course by Akilah S. Richards - https://radicalselfie.teachable.com/p/schooltoself
  • How “Unschooling” Can Benefit your child and the world - https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/how-unschooling-can-benefit-your-child-and-the-world/
  • No Contest, The Case Against Competition - https://www.alfiekohn.org/contest/
  • A school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning. - https://www.upworthy.com/this-school-replaced-detention-with-meditation-the-results-are-stunning
  • Children’s Need for Happiness - https://www.self-directed.org/tp/childrens-need-for-happiness/
  • Let’s Talk About Screens; “Screen Time” and SDE - https://www.self-directed.org/tp/about-screens-sde/
  • Jerry Mintz - https://www.educationrevolution.org/store/jerrymintz/
  • Students take responsibility - https://sudburyschool.com/content/sudbury-model-education
  • Unschooling and Democratic Education: A dysfunctional marriage? - https://www.self-directed.org/tp/dysfunctional-marriage/
  • The Sudbury Model of Education - https://sudburyschool.com/content/sudbury-model-education
  • We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, according to NASA scientists - https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists/​​
  • We Don't Need No Education - https://www.outsideonline.com/1928266/we-dont-need-no-education
  • Self-Directing in Isolation - https://www.self-directed.org/tp/self-directing-in-isolation/
  • The Quest for a Just Society - http://www.ucyottawa.com/2020/06/28/the-quest-for-a-just-society/
  • Get Out of the Way and Let Kids Learn!: How We Can Transform Schools and Reintroduce Natural Learning ​- https://www.amazon.ca/Get-Out-Way-Kids-Learn/dp/1092925228
  • Raising Free People - https://www.raisingfreepeople.com
  • Unschooling to University, Judy Arnall - http://www.professionalparenting.ca/unschooling-to-university.php
  • Live Another Day - https://liveanotherday.org/resources/teens/

Videos / Podcasts​

  • Born to Learn -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falHoOEUFz0        
    Summary of research on what we have learned about the brain and learning over the past 25 years. 
  • Democratizing Education - Rachel Roberts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g1zlU5vbMk 
  • Supporting Parents in Uncertain Times: Part I - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7uaGnyhvig
  • Part III: Exploring Boundaries in Parenting: Comfort, Safety, or Something in between - https://www.eclecticlearningnetwork.com/parentsupport.html
  • 6 Weeks to Mother's Day - http://www.6weekstomothersday.com/official-trailer/
  • ​​Peter Gray: Education is much more than what is taught in school - https://youtu.be/gHJ6oG3CRNY
  • In Conversation with Stephen Hurley - April 2019​
  • Being and Becoming - http://www.etreetdevenir.com/EED.en.html#Accueil
  • The Test & The Art of Thinking - https://www.thetestdoc.org/
  • The School in the Cloud: Coming Soon - https://vimeo.com/71886087
  • Self-Taught - https://www.selftaughtmovie.com/
  • A podcast that centres the black experience within alternative education movement: Fare of the Free Child:
    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fare-of-the-free-child/id1138611256
  • Unschooling To University - https://unschoolingtouniversity.com/

Friends and Supporters

  • Born to Learn -  http://www.born-to-learn.org/
  • ​The Education Revolution - http://www.educationrevolution.org
  • Alternative Education Resource Organization - http://www.educationrevolution.org/store/ 
  • ​​Unschooling STEM - https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnschoolingSTEM/
  • Being and Becoming - http://www.etreetdevenir.com/EED.en.html#Accueil
  • The Test & The Art of Thinking - https://www.thetestdoc.org/
  • The School in the Cloud: Coming Soon​
  • Self-directed education available for all - https://www.self-directed.org/about/
  • Alliance for Self-Directed Education - https://www.facebook.com/alliance4sde/
  • Unschooling STEM - https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnschoolingSTEM/
  • Students take responsibility - https://sudburyschool.com/content/sudbury-model-education
  • Unschooling and Democratic Education: A dysfunctional marriage? - https://www.self-directed.org/tp/dysfunctional-marriage/
  • The Sudbury Model of Education - https://sudburyschool.com/content/sudbury-model-education
  • We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, according to NASA scientists - https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists/
  • The Education Revolution - http://www.educationrevolution.org ​or Bright - http://tutorbright.com/
  • Outdoor Play Canada - https://www.outdoorplaycanada.ca/
  • Alliance for Childhood - https://allianceforchildhood.org/publications-and-reports​​
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Apps

  • Nobu Mental Health App - https://www.nobu.ai/
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