Episode 19: Home Ed Labels and Jargon: Sorting Them Through

If we’ve been in the world of home education for some time, we are likely accustomed to a variety of terms that might not be familiar to others, but even then, we often interpret things differently. Join as we explore a variety of terms such as deschooling, unschooling, strewing, gameschooling, project-based learning and more and dig into what they mean to each of us.

We Discuss:

What does ‘unschooling’ mean?

The beauty of different terms but acknowledging their incompleteness

Unschooling as a way of life that reflects the way we interact and learn rather than a method

Acknowledging the usefulness of the term “unschooling” to help us connect with others and the information

Using a term that links to our particular situation

Who is leading? Child-led learning doesn’t mean child-run family

The need to acknowledge the power we inherently have as parents and how we discharge that power

The link between respect and responsibility

That independence doesn’t need to be forced

Potential meanings behind different terminology

Leadership and power can be good things when people aren’t grappling from a point of scarcity

‘Big Juicy Conversations’ – Conversation as a Tool

Project-Based Learning

Gameschooling – varying perspectives and various possibilities

Stealth or sneaky learning

Strewing

To what degree we are true to a particular label

Labels as having both the potential to unite or divide, include or exclude

How holding tight to labels or trying to fit into a label can end up diluting the framework in some ways

The variety of ways we can look at the same word

Resources:

Understanding Unschooling, Ever Learning

What is Unschooling? Part 3, Myths and Misconceptions, Taking a Kinder Path

Unschooling – What’s in a Name? Ever Learning

Unschooling is not “Child-Led Learning,” Pam Sorooshian

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Mate M.D.

Unschooling: A Voyage of Discovery, Taking a Kinder Path

The Unschool Space – Putting Relationship First

Exploring Unschooling, Unschooling as a Lifestyle, Episode 251

Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners,Lori Pickert

My Little Poppies – Cait Curley

Homeschooling Terms that Crept Up on Me … Confessions of an Early 2000s Homeschooling Mom, Ever Learning

Unschooling Together Community