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I think I know what homeschooling is, but what is unschooling?

I've seen unschooling referred to as some kind of alternative to homeschooling, but don't know anything about it. Sorry if this is a dumb question.

By Dave Berry on Thursday, January 10, 2002 - 04:03 pm: Edit

Why not check Unschooling.com, maryann? Lots of good answers there. For more info, just enter "unschooling" into your favorite seach engine (try Google.com).

By Nathan (Homeschool) on Thursday, January 10, 2002 - 06:08 pm: Edit

Unschooling is a non-structured process where the student is encouraged to learn at his or her own pace, and to pursue whatever he or she is interested in.

By maryann on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 02:13 pm: Edit

OK, let me see if I get it - unschooling is really a variation of homeschooling? Sort of at the low end of the spectrum as far as structure goes?

By Nathan (Homeschool) on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 03:49 pm: Edit

Right, it's something of a cross between independent study and homeschooling.

By Blithe (Blithe) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 09:59 am: Edit

this might be a little late but

http://geocities.com/moonwindstarsky/unschooling

and

http://geocities.com/moonwindstarsky/unschoolingbooks

have resources

By Vmg2003 (Vmg2003) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 11:47 am: Edit

*testing*