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unschooling

unschooling

1 7.7
A way of learning where children learn from life and their own interests instead of school lessons
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈskuːlɪŋ/
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  • A couple of years ago, I stumbled upon something called "Unschooling."

Examples

  • Can unschooling provide enough challenge for the intellectually gifted child?

    Academic text (2002)

  • We are going to be a late kindergarten with unschooling elements, I think.

    Blog text (15)

  • So I would love to hear from you what unschooling looked like.

  • Well, my attempts to move towards unschooling have been a failure!

    Blog text (3)

  • I began doing some research and came across "unschooling," which basically means letting kids learn what they want, when they want.

    Blog text (11)

  • Does unschooling mean that a child receives no guidance?

    Academic text (2002)

  • So what are the insights from the unschooling philosophy that you think are most applicable to our current situation?

  • So I became interested in this idea of, was there a school that carried the same philosophy as unschooling but gave kids some autonomy from their parents?

  • Gwen, who has been homeschooling her highly gifted son for more than 3 years, offers this description of her family's version of unschooling: PREFORMATTED TABLE

    Academic text (2002)

  • The approach of unschooling allows children to explore subjects they are genuinely interested in.

Synonyms

unschool
vsunschooling
  • Jargon
1 8.5

A way of learning where people follow their own interests without a set curriculum

is the same idea but named as an organized educational method

Antonyms

to school
58 3.0

To teach or train someone in a skill

How Structured

schooling
64 1.3
homeschooling
32 3.7
unschooling
1 7.7

Surface Forms

unschooling singular
unschoolings plural

Morphology

unschooling = unschool (transparent) = un + school + ing

Formed by adding the nominalizing/gerundial suffix '-ing' to the verb 'unschool', a productive combination whose meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Unschooling comes from un- ('not') and schooling, so it literally means 'not schooling'. It names a way of education where children learn from life and their own interests instead of a fixed school program.